Adjoa Jones (right), Sandra Poole (left), Chief Director of the African American Infant and Maternal Mortality Prevention Initiative, shared the stories of two Black women who died after childbirth. At her left is Sandra Poole, MPA, from the Western Center on Law and Poverty. Sacramento, CA, Aug. 27, 2025. / CBM photo by Antonio Ray Harvey.
Los Angeles, CA — Adjoa Jones is a Los Angeles-based health and community leader who has dedicated her career to advocating for equitable birth outcomes for Black mothers and infants.
Participating in a legislative briefing hosted by the California Black Health Network (CBHN) on Aug. 27, Jones shared two stories that shed light on the disproportionately high rate of pregnancy-related complications and deaths among Black women…