Support services
We provide essential items and comfort to mothers and babies facing crisis situations, ensuring they receive the care and support they need during challenging times.
What We Offer
Baby Bundles
Our Baby Bundles program provides essential babywear and blankets to mothers and babies in crisis situations.
Women’s Care Packages
We provide essential items to women in emergency situations, such as toiletries, underwear, sanitary items and clothing to get through their hospital stay.
Op Shop
Through the WIRF Op Shop we offer quality pre-loved baby, maternity, and women’s clothing, all at affordable prices.
Social Work support
We provide a range of services for the social work department at King Edward Memorial Hospital to help with supporting women and babies in real and immediate need.
Latest News For you
Hannah Watson awarded PhD scholarship to advance safer, more personalised care for premature babies
Emerging researcher Hannah Watson has been awarded a University of Western Australia PhD scholarship, with additional top-up funding from WIRF, to undertake research aimed at improving outcomes for babies born too early.
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WIRF to invest $500,000 in research through 2026 Research Acceleration Awards
Monday 2 March 2026 – Applications are officially open for the WIRF 2026 Research Acceleration Awards, a major funding initiative supporting Western Australian researchers to advance breakthroughs in women’s, maternal, and newborn health.
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World-first model shows how fetal brains respond to low oxygen – with clues for better care
A new study from WIRF and international partners has created the world’s first controllable model of acute fetal hypoxia – a condition where an unborn baby gets too little oxygen – using artificial placenta technology.
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The CEO redefining women’s health research
Under the leadership of CEO Deb Portughes, WIRF has evolved from a hospital-based research unit into Australia’s only medical research institute dedicated exclusively to women and babies. As published in Business News Hearts & Minds on 29 January 2026.
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Boronia Gala Day raises $32,800 to support women and babies in crisis through WIRF
WIRF has received a generous $32,800 donation from this year’s Boronia Pre-release Centre for Women’s Gala Day, helping strengthen vital support programs for King Edward Memorial Hospital patients facing crisis.
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From premature baby to paediatrician: Jamie’s journey comes full circle
Thirty-three years ago, Jamie Hullick was welcomed into this world six weeks early. He spent his first few weeks of life in an incubator in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Royal Darwin Hospital. Today, he walks those same corridors – this time in scrubs, caring for premature and sick babies as a paediatrician.
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From Eminence to Evidence: WIRF Scientific Dialogue 2025 sparks fresh insights in women’s, newborn, and family health
On Friday 5 September 2025, WIRF welcomed more than 150 health professionals, researchers, academics, consumers and supporters to its annual WIRF Scientific Dialogue: From Eminence to Evidence – The importance of generating and using robust data to ensure the health of women, mothers and babies.
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$260,000 in research funding awarded to advance women’s, babies’ and families’ health
To mark the final day of Women’s Health Week, the Women and Infants Research Foundation (WIRF) announced $260,000 in funding to support research projects aimed at improving the health of women, babies, and families.
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