Nursing and Midwifery Awards 2021
Now in its 75th year, the awards recognise nurses and midwives who go above and beyond to deliver exceptional care to women and babies at the Women’s.
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Increasing access to reproductive health services in local communitiesInformation sessions for healthcare professionals in regional Victoria have proven to be invaluable by debunking myths and generating interest in a broader and fairer approach to abortion service delivery.
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Sexual health project receives funding boostA project setting out to increase the availability of contraception and abortion care across regional areas of Victoria has been given the green light to continue its valuable work.
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Empowering rural clinicians vital in improving access to abortion servicesA collaboration of healthcare experts has addressed healthcare professionals at national conference on increasing service access.
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IUD and hysterectomy best options for heavy bleedingHormone releasing IUDs are more effective than the contraceptive pill and other medication for treating heavy or abnormal menstrual bleeding a review by Royal Women’s Hospital researchers has found.
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The Women’s supports long-acting contraceptivesOn Tuesday 12 December, the ABC 7.30 program aired a report on the use of two long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) devices, Implanon and Mirena.
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Comment: Hard-won rights for women’s health are under threat in Australia, too
By Dr Helen Szoke: Many Australians are outraged about, and rightfully fearful of, the very real global threat to women’s health and reproductive rights following recent political events in the US.
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Improving protocols may help access abortionOur experts in the news: Martha Hickey and Paddy Moore write an editorial for The Lancet this week on early medical abortion protocols
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We need your help to spread the videoWe listened to what young women said they wanted to know when producing this new video about emergency contraception
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