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Rahma Health

Rahma Health is a charity which provides evidence-based health and parenting information in the Arabic language. Rahma focuses on empowering families from pregnancy to 5 years of age.

Vision and mission

Rahma Health aims to help Arabic-speaking families embrace the joy and wonder of the first 5 years of life!

They aim to facilitate the best start in life for the next generation of Arabic-speaking refugees and migrants in Australia: overcoming intergenerational disadvantage, helping tackle broken social supports and creating strong parent-child bonds.

How Rahma Health can help

Their website can be found at (https://rahma.health/en) and contains health information that has been created and reviewed by health professionals, mostly from the Arabic-speaking migrant and refugee community in Australia. This website was recognised in the Techfugees Global Challenge, by YGAP and the World Health Organisation.

Their large, multidisciplinary team consists of Obstetricians, General Practitioners, Speech Pathologists, Dentists, Midwives, and nurses. Their team strives to ensure that the best information is available to families to give them culturally-safe and person-centered support.

They also support their community through education delivered through social media platforms. You can find them on most platforms.

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Last reviewed: August 2023

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Contraception

Read this article to learn more about the different contraception methods that are available to you.

Read more on Rahma Health website

Labour and Birth

Read this article to learn about your right to receive respectful maternity care.

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Newborn Care

Read this article to learn more about your newborn’s health and what you can do during the first few days.

Read more on Rahma Health website

Unplanned Pregnancy

Read this article to learn more about unplanned pregnancy and what your options are. Unplanned pregnancy means becoming pregnant when you weren’t planning it.

Read more on Rahma Health website

Australian Healthcare System

Read this article to learn more about the Australian healthcare system, and how you can access medical care in Australia.

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Pre-Conception Care

By taking care of yourself before you become pregnant, you are more likely to have a healthy pregnancy and birth.

Read more on Rahma Health website

Preconception & Early Pregnancy

There are many different types of antenatal care and birth options in Australia.

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Postnatal care

Read this article to learn more about what you can do to feel better after you have your baby.

Read more on Rahma Health website

Fertility

Read this article to learn more about what you can do if you are planning to have a baby.

Read more on Rahma Health website

Domestic violence

Read this article to learn about what violence might look like and what different types of violence are.

Read more on Rahma Health website

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