MCWH in the media - Multicultural Centre For Women's Health

Mothers reveal how language barriers impact prenatal care, as experts call for interpreters to be permanent hospital staff

National Program Manager Dr Regina Torres-Quiazon spoke with the ABC about the language barriers migrant women face when accessing prenatal care. She shared the critical need for interpreters to become permanent hospital staff to create stability in the profession and to ensure trust and continuity with patients.

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MCWH Responds to the Federal Budget 2022/23

Our response to the Federal Budget 2022/23

Media Release: Women’s Health Services call for the next Victorian Government to maintain momentum for Gender Equity

The Victorian Women’s Health Services, which includes Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health, have released their 2022 Victorian Election Platform.

Lockdowns may be over but loneliness lingers

MCWH’s bilingual health educator, Felicia Belagia, spoke with SBS News about the importance of providing accessible and culturally appropriate in-language health information during COVID-19, especially for those experiencing heightened isolation as a result of the pandemic.

Life-saving multilingual COVID-19 health education program launches

For migrant and refugee communities, access to in-language and culturally tailored health information can be a matter of life or death. The Advocate covers how our Health in My Language project is working to address this.

MCWH launches their first national multilingual health education program

We are excited to announce the launch of our first national COVID-19 health education program, Health in My Language.

Antenatal care in Australia: what is it and why it’s important?

Executive Director of the Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health, Dr Adele Murdolo, spoke to SBS about the importance of timely antenatal care, and why socioeconomic disadvantage can cause migrant women to access antenatal care at a much later point than other non-migrant women.

Improving mental health among migrant and refugee women

We are excited to announce the launch of our new advocacy and research project, Building Bridges, which aims to strengthen mental health services for migrant and refugee women through direct participation of the community in the mental health reform process.

Understanding risks of stillbirth and what you can do to reduce it

Our health educator Gagan Kaur Cheema spoke to SBS Punjabi about the Maternal Health Education for Migrant and Refugee Women project which aims to increase awareness on the issue of stillbirth among migrant women.

Women’s health service launches program to give multilingual health education access to migrants and refugees

During the first stages of the pandemic, people who died of COVID-19 and were born overseas had an age-standardised death rate that was 2.5 times higher than people who were born in Australia. What’s causing this disparity in Covid-19 deaths? New data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) reveals that for migrant and refugee communities, limited access to in-language and culturally tailored health information is a big contributor.

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