Reducing preventable stillbirth: a solution focused on equity and access
Our tools for detecting the failing placenta are imperfect. If a blood test could identify which pregnancies were at risk of adverse outcome due to placental insufficiency- and those that weren't- this could transform care. Such a test could close existing equity gaps, ensuring that all women in late pregnancy could have accurate and reliable information with which we could triage risk and personalise care.
Sheila Hanbury Chair of Maternal Fetal Medicine
Head of Department, Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Newborn Health, The University of Melbourne
Co-Director Mercy Perinatal, Mercy Hospital for Women
Professor Sue Walker is the Sheila Handbury Chair of Maternal Fetal Medicine and Head of Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Newborn Health at The University of Melbourne. Sue is also co-director of Mercy Perinatal - a 3 pillar centre of excellence committed to clinical care, education and research in high-risk pregnancy. Her own research interests focus on improving the detection and management of fetal growth disorders, treatments for pre-eclampsia, and prevention of stillbirth.
s-Flt PGF testing in relation to hypertension in pregnancy (title TBC)
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Access to OB ultrasound across Aotearoa NZ (title TBC)
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