African American Infant & Maternal Mortality Team

The Los Angeles County African American Infant and Maternal Mortality (AAIMM) Initiative is a countywide coalition dedicated to addressing the disproportionately high rates of Black infant and maternal deaths and ensuring healthy and joyous births for Black families in L.A. County. Led by the L.A. Department of Public Health (DPH).

Our AAIMM Community Action Team (CAT) is focused on decreasing the high mortality rates of African American mothers in the San Fernando and Santa Clarita Valleys.

Black mothers are four times more likely to die from pregnancy complications than their white counterparts, while Black infants are three times more likely to die within their first year of life when compared to white babies.

We need community members to guide and shape the work in order to addresses the unacceptably high rates of Black infant and maternal death and to ensure healthy and joyous births for Black families in our communities.