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Provide "maternity box" for newborn babies #226
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Modelled after the Finnish system. * http://www.kela.fi/web/en/maternitypackage * http://www.buzzfeed.com/erinlarosa/heres-the-amazing-maternity-gift-box-all-new-parents-in-finl * http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-22751415 A key component of this — that isn't always recognised in articles about it — is that it's conditional on registering for pre-natal care. This is widely credited as a key reason for Finland having one of the lowest rates of infant mortality in the world (and almost half that of the UK at present).
I'm up for this. Can we include a reference to the finnish site so people can see what's in it? |
I've updated it to include a link. As far as I can tell the antenatal care rate is effectively 100% now, but I don't know where to find exact figures on that. http://indigenousjobsandtrainingreview.dpmc.gov.au/incentives-expectant-mothers-access-ante-natal-care uses it as a case study, and notes that it reached 100% by 1979, from 20% when it was first introduced. (I've added that, and another good article on it I found, to the links above too.) |
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👍 Does every mother get this then? That page says "covered by the Finnish social security scheme" which suggests to me it's some how tied to social security benefit claimants? |
Every mother that registers for prenatal care, which in practice is essentially everyone. I presume "covered by" here simply means "administered by". In the 1930s and 1940s it was only available to low income families, but it was extend to everyone in 1949. |
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Provide "maternity box" for newborn babies
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Modelled after the Finnish system.
A key component of this — that isn't always recognised in articles about it — is that it's conditional on registering for pre-natal care. This is widely credited as a key reason for Finland having one of the lowest rates of infant mortality in the world (and almost half that of the UK at present).