Calls for a shift on maternal and newborn safety
The Consumer Health Forum of Australia (CHF) has used World Patient Safety Day to call for changes to birth delivery policy, particularly around reduction in caesarean sections performed before 39 weeks because of the risk of adverse outcomes for children. Drawing on this year’s World Patient Safety Day theme of Safe maternal and newborn care, […]
Birthing on Country: Improving Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander infant and maternal health
Nyoongar woman and midwife Valerie Ah Chee started her midwifery training aged 41. It followed the birth of her youngest son Raphael who was her most complex at 28+4 days. He weighed 1,650gms and was in NICU for eight weeks. He was really tiny compared to his brothers. It started me on a journey of […]