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FOUND: Birthing on country means best start in life for babies - You Need To See This

Birthing on Country is designed to boost health outcomes for Indigenous mothers and babies. (HANDOUT/CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY)

Too many First Nations mothers and babies are being traumatised and dying during childbirth, according to Indigenous health professor Yvette Roe.

First Nations women are almost twice as likely to have a preterm birth and almost four times more likely to die during childbirth than other Australian women.

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