(ANSA) - ROME, SEP 27 - The government of Premier Giorgia Meloni is planning to make postpartum assistance available to new mothers for up to six months after childbirth starting in 2024, ANSA has learned.
    Under the scheme, the new so-called 'maternal assistants' will provide direct one-to-one support to mothers along the lines of the postpartum midwifery care provided in other countries through telephone and video calls and home visits, according to the sources, which added that 100-150 million euros could be allocated to the scheme.
    The proposal could be referenced in the government's update to its spring DEF economic and financial blueprint, the NADEF, which is set to be examined during a cabinet meeting later on Wednesday and is slated to come before the Lower House starting October 11. (ANSA).