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Improving health outcomes for women and babies by safely reducing preterm and early term birth across Australia.

The Australian Preterm Birth Prevention Alliance and Women’s Healthcare Australasia have already lowered the rate of Preterm Birth by 6.5% and the rate of Early Term Birth by 10%

Partnering with First Nations Communities

Partnering with First Nations communities to provide Culturally Safe preterm birth prevention care.  

Early Term Birth Prevention

Safely supporting pregnancy to continue to 39 weeks and beyond by reducing rates of early term caesarean section and inductions of labour.

Preterm Birth Prevention

Enhance early identification of risk for preterm birth and timely commencement of preventative care.

First Nations Co-Design

Partnering with First Nations communities to provide Culturally Safe preterm birth prevention care.

Early Term Birth

Safely decreasing early term birth by reducing early term caesarean section and induction of labour.

Pre Term Birth

Enhance early identification of risk factors for preterm birth and commencement of early preventative care.

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Partnering Organisations

The Every Week Counts Australian Preterm and Early Term Birth Prevention Program is a partnership with clinical leadership from the Australian Preterm Birth Prevention Alliance, quality improvement and administration leadership from Women’s Healthcare Australasia and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), which is being funded by the Commonwealth Government through the Women’s Healthcare Australasia.

Partner organisations include Menzies School of Health Research, Clinical Excellence Queensland, Clinical Excellence Commission, Safer Care Victoria, SA Health, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Women’s and Babies Research, Every Week Counts, Centre of Research Excellence in Stillbirth, and the Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand.