A Melbourne mum who incredibly survived a heart attack at 35 weeks pregnant and battled two types of cancer is thanking the healthcare teams - and her children - who saved her life.

Every two minutes, one woman dies of cervical cancer worldwide. While Australia is making headway in eliminating this disease, an alumnus of the Women’s is passionate about the role we must play in improving health outcomes for women in lower-income countries.

Little Johnny is one of 43 babies born so far in Victoria as part of Australia’s first publicly funded IVF program. Public Fertility Care has helped hundreds of families to fall pregnant after the first year in operation.