Legislation to stop planned births before 39 weeks without a medical or obstetric indication, is one of the recommendations made in the newly released Fourth [...]
Research has clearly identified breastmilk as the ideal nutrition for optimal growth and development, with numerous health-protecting qualities for both mother and infant widely established.1 [...]
Midwives, midwifery students and doctors were more concerned about their exposure to COVID-19 while at work than women receiving maternity care in the same settings, [...]
The role of midwives in testing for HIV and hepatitis in early pregnancy
When the global COVID-19 pandemic began to take hold, the Australian Breastfeeding Association (ABA) moved its support services, including breastfeeding education classes and local support [...]
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Women from a refugee background are at increased risk of poor maternal and perinatal outcomes. They are more likely to have a baby that is [...]
Improving the health of Aboriginal mothers and babies through continuity of midwifery care. Late last year, Sunshine Hospital celebrated the first birthday of the Galinjera [...]
Pasteurised donor breast milk will now be available to South Australia’s most vulnerable babies under a new partnership between SA Health and the Australian Red [...]
