Thursday 15 June, 2017
In a bid to reduce the number of babies suffocating in bed with their parents, the government is to fund pēpi pods, which allow for safe bed sharing.
Health Minister Jonathan Coleman has announced plastic pēpi pods would be rolled out nationally but could not confirm whether wahakura would be too.
Thursday 15 June, 2017
How smoking and bed-sharing increases risk factors for SUDI
Wednesday 14 June, 2017
New health targets focused on healthy mums and babies
Tuesday 13 June, 2017
Government support sleeping pods for low income families.
Monday 12 June, 2017
By reducing smoking rates and bed-sharing with newborn babies, the Government says it can drastically reduce the number of sudden infant deaths in less than a decade.
Health Minister Jonathan Coleman has announced a new goal to reduce the number of babies who die each year due to Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI), by 86 per cent within eight years.