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Funding package to help women who suffer miscarriages

Ged Kearney says women who have a miscarriage are often left without proper care. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

Women who experience miscarriage will receive bereavement support and boosted follow-up care through $9.5 million in new federal government funding. 

The support package will also address gaps in data to understand more about miscarriage, Assistant Health Minister Ged Kearney announced on Friday.

It is estimated up to 110,000 Australian women experience a miscarriage every year, taking a lasting toll on their physical and mental health.

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