Village of Healing Center in Euclid a Black-led center offering OB-GYN, mental health services

Village of Healing, nestled inside a busy strip mall between a bank and a rental center, may cause people to walk right past it without a second thought. But inside the small space is the first and only Black-led and -operated medical center with all Black providers in Euclid and the surrounding area, according to its CEO and Medical Director Dàna Langford. Opened in February of 2022, Village of Healing located at 22344 Lakeshore Blvd., offers gynecology services, obstetric and mental health care services. Amber Black, FNP-BC family nurse practitioner, left, jokes with Public Relations Officer Danielle Banks in a hallway of the Village of Healing Center. (Frank Mecham- The News-Herald.) “The Village of Healing Center has achieved a 100% full-term birth rate for the last quarter of 2023,” the center stated in a news release. “100% of babies born during October-December that received care at the Village of Healing Center were all born after 37 weeks.” While that might not seem significant, Village of Healing is doing significantly better compared to Cleveland which has one of the highest rates of preterm birth for Black women at 14.1%, according to Bloomberg City Lab. According to the US Department of Health...