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  • Advances in women’s and infants’ health unveiled

    13 Sep 2021

    A chance to hear from some of Western Australia’s leading researchers and clinicians attracted more than 230 delegates to the recent 2021 Stars Symposium.

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  • Funding boosts efforts into ptb prevention

    10 May 2021

    WIRF has welcomed the announcement of $13.7 million in Federal Government funding to bolster its ongoing efforts to lower the rate of preterm birth across Australia.

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  • WA study brings comfort for IVF families

    27 Apr 2021

    A new Western Australian study examining the longer-term health outcomes of children born from IVF treatment is being heralded as a major breakthrough.

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  • Predicting preterm birth via bacterial signatures

    11 Jan 2021

    A new study examining the link between a woman’s bacterial signature and preterm birth is being heralded as a major breakthrough in pregnancy care.

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  • Message In A Pocket brings WA community together

    13 Aug 2020

    Helping her daughter to overcome separation anxiety with handwritten notes led a Perth mother to develop a social enterprise, which is now helping WA women undergoing cancer treatments.

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  • Lotterywest provides critical COVID-19 support

    10 Jul 2020

    A new Lotterywest grant is set to provide critical support for Western Australian mothers, babies and families in real need during COVID-19.

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  • 10% drop in Canberra’s rates of early birth

    07 Jul 2020

    Preterm birth prevention program leads to 10% drop in Canberra’s rates of early birth

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  • Examining a pioneering WA program

    05 Jun 2020

    A significant reduction in rates of preterm birth in WA's major perinatal hospital is among the key findings of a detailed analysis of a world-first program to prevent premature birth and its far reaching impacts.

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  • Optimising steroid use in pregnancy

    22 May 2020

    A WA-based research program aiming to optimise steroid use in pregnancy has continued to refine this critical intervention for treating preterm birth whilst minimising any potential side effects of excess exposure.

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  • Artificial womb rewrites its own record books

    07 May 2020

    A major milestone in technology based around the use of an artificial womb is further matching this pioneering medical intervention to those that will one day require it – extremely premature babies. Media release

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  • Mother’s Day 2020: WIRF and Lawley’s Bakery

    05 May 2020

    Perth mothers in need of spoiling are at the centre of a very special campaign being led by the Women & Infants Research Foundation (WIRF) and Lawley’s Bakery this Mother’s Day.

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  • Feilman funding boosts outlook for mothers & babies

    27 Mar 2020

    Critical new funding provided by the Feilman Foundation is set to play a key role in the new national approach to preventing preterm birth. media release

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