John Newnham on the national prevention of preterm birth programme in Australia

It is our last episode of 2025! Sarah and Ben discuss the December issue which covers a plethora of topics including COP30 and the links between the climate emergency and women's health, the use of paracetamol in pregnancy, the care of pregnant and breastfeeding women in contact with the criminal legal system, and original research on ovarian and cervical cancer, the CRADLE-5 study, and an extended interview about the prevention of preterm birth WHO reported that an estimated 13.4 million babies were born preterm in 2020, with preterm birth one of the leading causes of newborn death and disability, but how can the rate of preterm birth be reduced? Ben sits down with John Newnham (University of Western Australia), to discuss the roll out and findings of Australia's national preterm birth prevention programme and consider how the seven intervention strategies can be applied to other high. middle, and low income settings. Click here to read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanogw/article/PIIS3050-5038(25)00042-1/abstract