Health researchers around the world are calling for better Indigenous perinatal care, using indigenous and community led and based solutions.
50 health researches from Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the US were part of a recently published paper in Women and Birth, the official journal of the Australian College of Midwives.
The paper revealed current health practices are failing indigenous women, with indigenous women more likely to have pre-term births, and more likely to die during childbirth.
The paper focused on indigenous led solutions, with cultural practices such as birthing on country shown to reduce pre-term births by 50% in some regions.