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GAPPS' mission is to lead a collaborative, global effort to increase awareness and accelerate innovative research and interventions that will improve maternal, newborn and child health outcomes around the world, with a focus on preterm birth and stillbirth. (wikipedia.org)
In 2011 the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation provided $20 million to GAPPS for the Preventing Preterm Birth initiative, part of the foundation's Grand Challenges in Global Health. (wikipedia.org)
The Preventing Preterm Birth initiative focuses on finding new interventions to prevent premature birth and stillbirth by limiting infection and improving nutrition. (wikipedia.org)
Read about the NIH's research efforts on preterm birth and stillbirth here . (gapps.org)
We are working to close the knowledge gap in understanding the causes of preterm birth and stillbirth and collaborating to implement evidence based interventions to improve birth outcomes. (gapps.org)
The Global Network for Women's and Children's Health Research undertook a cluster-randomized trial to assess the impact of a multi-faceted intervention to identify women at high-risk of preterm birth at all le. (biomedcentral.com)
An anti-malarial medication called SP (sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine) should be given to pregnant women who live in areas with moderate to high malaria transmission to help protect against malaria, and in turn, safeguard against a range of associated problems including stillbirth, preterm birth, low birthweight, maternal anaemia, and neonatal death. (africa-health.com)
Investigators focused on four pregnancy outcomes: preterm birth, placental abruption, premature rupture of the membranes, and stillbirth. (sciencedaily.com)
Following a second or subsequent crash, investigators found pregnant women had more highly elevated rates of preterm birth, placental abruption, premature rupture of the membranes and stillbirth. (sciencedaily.com)
The systematic review, published in JAMA Network Open , evaluated existing evidence on the association between air pollution and heat on preterm birth (PTB), low birth weight (LBW), and stillbirth across the United States. (contemporaryobgyn.net)
Bekkar B, Pacheco S, Basu R, DeNicola N. Association of Air Pollution and Heat Exposure With Preterm Birth, Low Birth Weight, and Stillbirth in the US: A Systematic Review. (contemporaryobgyn.net)
Early contractions, hypertension, seizures, high blood pressure, preterm births and stillbirths are risks for pregnant women, who are particularly susceptible to heat. (globalissues.org)
Our NIHR global health research group will develop and implement clinical strategies to reduce preterm birth and stillbirth related morbidity and mortality, and provide a platform for future clinical trials on preterm birth. (napier.ac.uk)
Our multidisciplinary team, comprises clinicians and researchers from Malawi, Zambia and the UK with experience in preterm birth/stillbirth and related epidemiological analysis, in high and low and middle income settings AND clinicians, researchers and policy makers and academic training staff from Malawi and Zambia with an interest in preterm birth and stillbirth. (napier.ac.uk)

This is part of the Global Call to Action recommended by the World Health Organization. (africa-health.com)
A stillbirth, as defined by the World Health Organization, is one in which a baby dies after reaching at least 28 weeks gestation and weighing at least 1,000 grams. (yorku.ca)
The Ministry of Health of Iraq would like to acknowledge the technical support of the World Health Organization (WHO) and global experts who provided advice on the analysis and interpretation of the data presented in this report. (who.int)
In the first-ever joint stillbirth estimates, the UN children's fund, UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) and the World Bank Group say that 84 per cent of stillbirths occur in low- and lower-middle-income countries. (vaticannews.va)
The World Health Organization defines stillbirth as fetal death after 28 weeks. (msdmanuals.com)
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than 30% of the global burden of disease in children is due to environmental factors [WHO 2006]. (cdc.gov)

The Centre for Research Excellence in Stillbirth (Stillbirth CRE) summarised the case for making stillbirth research and education a national priority. (aph.gov.au)

The Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Stillbirth (GAPPS) was founded in 2007 as an initiative of Seattle Children's, and is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. (wikipedia.org)
Letters to the editor are an effective way to raise public awareness around the need to fund prematurity and stillbirth research. (gapps.org)

New research on ending preventable stillbirths , published in the Lancet medical journal , estimates that 2.6 million pregnancies ended in stillbirth worldwide last year. (africa-health.com)
If ten recommended interventions were 99 percent implemented in 68 priority [low and middle-income] countries, the number of stillbirths could be halved, said Professor Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta of the Aga Khan University Medical Centre in Karachi, Pakistan, author of one of a series of papers on stillbirth published in The Lancet medical journal papers . (thenewhumanitarian.org)

As many as 3 million stillbirth and newborn deaths could be prevented each year if skilled delivery and resuscitation care were available for all births, and if high-risk births were identified early. (cdc.gov)
Monitor all pregnancy outcomes (live births, stillbirths, newborn deaths) and the care they received, and document all stillbirth and newborn deaths . (cdc.gov)
To meet Every Newborn targets of ten or fewer neonatal deaths and ten or fewer stillbirths per 1000 births in every country by 2035 will necessitate accelerated scale-up of the most effective care targeting major causes of newborn deaths. (nih.gov)
In 2010, the stillbirth rates ranged from 19.3 per 1000 births in the Kenyan site to 46.2 per 1000 births in the Pakistani site and by 2018, ranged from 9.7 per 1000 births in the Belagavi, India site to 40.8 per 1000 births in the Pakistani site. (bvsalud.org)
In high-income countries, where most women receive fairly good quality care while giving birth, the proportion of stillbirths is less than 10 percent of all births. (thenewhumanitarian.org)
In 2007, the statisticians recorded the lowest value so far: 3.5 stillbirths per 1000 births. (globaldomainsnews.com)
In 2020 and 2019 there were 4.1 stillbirths per 1000 births. (globaldomainsnews.com)
In 2021, the stillbirth rate was 4.7 in eastern Germany and 4.2 in western Germany per 1000 births. (globaldomainsnews.com)
For younger women under the age of 21 and for women aged 37 and over, it was significantly higher, at more than 5 stillbirths per 1000 births. (globaldomainsnews.com)
Since 1990, the global under-5 mortality rate has dropped by 60%, from 93 deaths per 1,000 live births in 1990 to 37 in 2020. (bvsalud.org)
A separate study on data collected across 9 hospitals in Nepal reported in The Lancet Global Health in August showed that before the lockdown in late March there were 14 stillbirths per 1,000 births. (vaticannews.va)
between 1999 and 2003, males represented only 41.2 percent of births, compared to the roughly 51 percent global standard. (this.org)
The population was composed of 7,058 women, of whom 6,530 gave birth, the number of conceptuses was 6,602: 56 stillbirths and 6,546 live births, of which 28 died in the first week of life. (bvsalud.org)
the perinatal mortality coefficient was 12.7 per 1,000 births, 66.7% of the conceptuses were stillbirths and 33.3% were live births who died aged less than 7 days at the same hospital where they were born. (bvsalud.org)

The report defines stillbirth as a baby born with no signs of life at 28 weeks of pregnancy or more. (vaticannews.va)

Closure of the quality gap through the provision of effective care for all women and newborn babies delivering in facilities could prevent an estimated 113,000 maternal deaths, 531,000 stillbirths, and 1·325 million neonatal deaths annually by 2020 at an estimated running cost of US$4·5 billion per year (US$0·9 per person). (nih.gov)
However, when you read things like, "last fall and winter, Amy Heerema McKenney, a Cleveland Clinic pathologist… began receiving eerily similar reports of stillbirths," you realize that "last fall and winter" refers to the winter of 2021, not 2020, or 2019. (lifesitenews.com)
The Global Vaccine Action Plan 2011-2020 includes goals to eliminate rubella and CRS throughout most of the world by 2020. (cdc.gov)
Paulsson Holmberg, T 2020, Ambiguous and transitional bodies: Stillbirth in Stockholm 1691-1724 . (lu.se)

Strengthen the system of perinatal reviews to include all stillbirths and pre-discharge newborn deaths. (cdc.gov)
Data from the US indicates that 83 per cent of mothers who have experienced perinatal loss including stillbirth experience guilt, linked to depression. (indianf.com)

This may very well criminalize any potentially harmful prenatal activity that precedes a stillbirth or miscarriage - from drinking alcohol or inhaling second hand smoke to taking prescription medications or having a cup of coffee. (drugpolicy.org)
The Beautiful Scar Project's mission is to provide families grieving the death of their infant due to miscarriage, stillbirth, and neonatal death the tools to turn the loss of their much loved and desired baby into a beautiful scar. (preemieworld.com)

Regardless of the number of crashes, stillbirth rates were elevated following accidents involving unbelted pregnant drivers. (sciencedaily.com)
Stillbirth rates were elevated following crashes involving unbelted pregnant drivers (aRR=2.77, 95% CI=1.22, 6.28) compared to belted pregnant drivers. (cdc.gov)

Conducting surveillance of all stillbirths and newborn deaths in health facilities in Kigoma Region, Tanzania from 2013 through 2019. (cdc.gov)
The study entitled, "A Neglected Tragedy: The Global Burden of Stillbirths" analysed 117 countries in 2019, and found that 3 in 4 stillbirths occurred in sub-Saharan Africa or Southern Asia. (vaticannews.va)
The researchers had in 2019 identified that unexplained stillbirth is often the result of aging of the placental. (indianf.com)

There was little in terms of verified data for stillbirths and even less for its categories - whether intrapartum [during childbirth] or antepartum [before childbirth] - and risk factors, and little confidence that interventions could make a difference," said Bhutta. (thenewhumanitarian.org)
Providing skilled attendants at birth would reduce intrapartum stillbirths by about 23 percent, said Dr Joy Lawn, of NGO Save the Children, making it the most effective single intervention. (thenewhumanitarian.org)

In addition, nearly half of all maternal deaths recorded worldwide are linked to stillbirths that happen during childbirth. (gapps.org)
In high-income countries, late gestation stillbirths (28 weeks and later) are more than 10 times as likely to as occur as deaths from sudden infant death syndrome, but receive less attention in programs and funding for research. (gapps.org)
CDC provides technical assistance to countries to set up or improve systems to identify, notify, and review stillbirths and neonatal deaths in health facilities and in communities in high mortality settings. (cdc.gov)
Can available interventions end preventable deaths in mothers, newborn babies, and stillbirths, and at what cost? (nih.gov)
These reductions can be achieved at an annual incremental running cost of US$5·65 billion (US$1·15 per person), which amounts to US$1928 for each life saved, including stillbirths, neonatal, and maternal deaths. (nih.gov)
Understanding the relationship between institutional delivery and stillbirth and neonatal deaths in resource -limited environments will enable development of targeted interventions for reducing the mortality burden. (bvsalud.org)
Saving mothers' lives costs $23,000 per death averted, but if stillbirths and neonatal deaths are included, the figure drops to $2,700 per life saved. (thenewhumanitarian.org)
Many stillbirths are preventable, and Australia is underperforming in the challenge to reduce deaths and improve care and support for those who experience stillbirth. (aph.gov.au)
For example, neonatal deaths and maternal deaths, both of which were targeted under the MDGs, have reduced significantly, while the stillbirth rate has not reduced by the same amount. (aph.gov.au)
The UN released its Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health in 2010 and, in 2014, the World Health Organisation (WHO) launched Every Newborn: An Action Plan to End Preventable Deaths , providing a strategic framework aimed at ending preventable newborn deaths and stillbirths worldwide by 2035. (aph.gov.au)

Global, regional, and national under-5 mortality, adult mortality, age-specific mortality, and life expectancy, 1970-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. (helmholtz-hzi.de)
Global, regional, and national age-sex specific mortality for 264 causes of death, 1980-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. (helmholtz-hzi.de)
8.3 Stillbirth has not been high on the international health agenda, and was not listed as a priority area in either the United Nations' (UN) Millennium Development Goals (MDG) (covering the period 2000 to 2015), nor the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) (covering the period 2016 to 2030) which have focused on other areas of maternal and child health. (aph.gov.au)

A second study in the same setting showed that treatment with a single dose of penicillin before 28 weeks of pregnancy cured maternal and congenital syphilis and prevented stillbirth and low birthweight attributable to the infection. (africa-health.com)
Objective To validate the estimates of Global Burden of Disease (GBD) due to congenital anomaly for Europe by comparing infant mortality data collected by EUROCAT registries with the WHO Mortality Database, and by assessing the significance of stillbirths and terminations of pregnancy for fetal anomaly (TOPFA) in the interpretation of infant mortality statistics. (bmj.com)

In the US, stillbirth is defined as fetal death before or during birth at ≥ 20 weeks gestation. (msdmanuals.com)

In wealthy countries like Canada, where high-tech obstetrics are the norm, stillbirths are linked to smoking, obesity, advanced maternal age, and abnormalities in the placenta and umbilical cord. (yorku.ca)

Malaria and syphilis are responsible for more stillbirths than any other infections, causing more than 420,000 stillbirths between them every year. (africa-health.com)
It is abundantly clear that we have the tools today for preventing stillbirths attributable to malaria and syphilis. (africa-health.com)
We used PubMed to identify relevant studies, reviews, and meta-analysis until January 2021.Expert opinion: Maternal infections during pregnancy, especially malaria and syphilis, are notable causes of stillbirth in low- and middle-income countries. (duke.edu)

Antenatal corticosteroids are commonly used to reduce neonatal mortality, but most research to date has been in high-resource settings and few studies have evaluated its impact on stillbirth. (biomedcentral.com)

While the newborn mortality rate continued to trend downward, the Levels and Trends in Child Mortality 2022 report from the UN IGME shows that newborn mortality remains inequitable, with newborns in Sub-Saharan Africa facing the greatest risk of death at more than twice the global rate. (healthynewbornnetwork.org)

A staggering 2.6 million stillbirths occur each year. (gapps.org)
Most stillbirths occur in low- and middle-income countries. (gapps.org)
One million stillbirths occur during childbirth, and could be prevented with current interventions that are not readily available in these settings. (gapps.org)
Africa has the highest rate of population growth and more than half of the global population growth between now and 2050 is expected to occur in Africa 1 . (nature.com)
The other myth is that most stillbirths occur early in the pregnancy. (yorku.ca)
The study says that over 40 per cent of stillbirths occur during labour - a loss that could be prevented with access to a trained health worker at childbirth and timely emergency obstetric care. (vaticannews.va)
More than 3.2 million stillbirths occur globally each year, yet stillbirths are largely invisible in global data tracking, policy dialogue and programme implementation. (bvsalud.org)

For many reasons, stillbirths are routinely under-reported, which has made it difficult to quantify the global burden, to determine the various causes, and to develop appropriate interventions to tackle the problem. (africa-health.com)
Preventing stillbirths can cost just US$2.32 per mother if governments, the private sector and international institutions adopt a package of 10 health interventions, rather than allowing stillbirths to be an almost invisible problem. (thenewhumanitarian.org)
Even if the interventions were 60% covered, stillbirths could be reduced by one-quarter. (thenewhumanitarian.org)
The Newborn Numbers provides detailed data at each of these levels in a concise, easy to follow format, that allows for decision makers to use up-to-date data to inform policy, implement programs, and procure funding, leading to life-saving interventions to avert preventable newborn and maternal death and stillbirths. (healthynewbornnetwork.org)
Despite clear interventions to reduce these infections, their impact on preventing stillbirths is unclear, with conflicting evidence.Areas covered: The purpose of this review is to discuss data regarding infectious causes of stillbirths, and interventions for the prevention and/or treatment of these infections. (duke.edu)
We discuss the limitations in evaluating the true effect of the interventions on stillbirths, and highlight the importance of preventing infections in the grand scheme of improving maternal and infant pregnancy outcomes. (duke.edu)
Reducing stillbirths overall must become an important indicator for quality of care and accountability, and progress must also be assessed by coverage of key interventions that impact stillbirths, which includes population-based screening, prevention and timely treatment of infections during pregnancy. (duke.edu)
Multiple interventions based on the underlying causes of caesarian section overuse should be designed and implemented at local and global levels. (who.int)

The authors also found that women with medical conditions, such as asthma, may be particularly susceptible to adverse outcomes, such as PTB and stillbirth, when exposed to PM 2/5 during gestation. (contemporaryobgyn.net)

Possible severe bacterial infections (pSBI) continue to be a leading cause of global neonatal mortality annually. (biomedcentral.com)
Institutional deliveries and stillbirth and neonatal mortality in the Global Network's Maternal and Newborn Health Registry. (bvsalud.org)
Few studies have shown how the move toward institutional delivery in low and middle- income countries (LMIC) impacts stillbirth and newborn mortality . (bvsalud.org)
The study evaluated trends in institutional delivery in research sites in Belagavi and Nagpur India , Guatemala , Kenya , Pakistan , and Zambia from 2010 to 2018 and compared them to changes in the rates of neonatal mortality and stillbirth . (bvsalud.org)
There was an increase in institutional delivery rates in all sites and a reduction in stillbirth and neonatal mortality rates in some of the GN sites over the past decade. (bvsalud.org)
However, the stillbirth and neonatal mortality rates remain at high levels. (bvsalud.org)
One-third of African countries could meet the Millennium Development Goal to reduce childhood mortality (Goal Four) and to improve maternal health (Goal Five), which would also reduce stillbirths. (thenewhumanitarian.org)
Some investments in reducing maternal mortality are already having a positive effect on the number of stillbirths, but these results are not given due significance. (thenewhumanitarian.org)
The Global Burden of Disease 2015 Study (GBD 2015) provides an analytical framework to comprehensively assess these trends for under-5 mortality, age-specific and cause-specific mortality among children under 5 years, and stillbirths by geography over time. (helmholtz-hzi.de)
Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980-2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. (helmholtz-hzi.de)
Substantial global progress has been made in reducing childhood mortality since 1990. (bvsalud.org)
However, in updating the Newborn Numbers , it is clear the data trends for maternal and newborn mortality, including stillbirths, show stagnated progress in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and reducing global mortality. (healthynewbornnetwork.org)
Although the African Region is home to only 14% of the global population, it accounts for the highest burden of maternal, newborn and child morbidity and mortality. (who.int)
Patton GC, et al , "Global patterns of mortality in young people: a systematic analysis of population health data, The Lancet 374: 881-892, 2009. (who.int)

At the same time, the proportion of stillbirths born to women over the age of 36 rose from 16 percent in 2007 to 20 percent in 2021. (globaldomainsnews.com)
Never Forgotten , released by UN IGME at the start of the year, shows that six countries carry almost half of the burden of stillbirths globally in 2021. (healthynewbornnetwork.org)

Experiencing a stillbirth also increases the risk of relationship breakdown by 40 per cent. (indianf.com)

GAPPS seeks to improve birth outcomes worldwide by reducing the burden of premature birth and stillbirths. (gapps.org)
Non-seat belt use and the lack of airbags were associated with elevated rates of selected adverse pregnancy outcomes," explains lead investigator Catherine J. Vladutiu, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Epidemiology at the University of North Carolina's Gillings School of Global Public Health. (sciencedaily.com)
Leading national research, resources and evidence-based advice dedicated to preventing stillbirth and improving health and social outcomes for women. (stillbirthcre.org.au)
To ensure a strong health and medical research workforce in Australia, equipped with the skills to take on the complex issue of stillbirth and to address other serious adverse pregnancy outcomes and quality of care, we provide opportunities for PhD students and early career researchers (ECRs) to acquire research, clinical and/or other professional skills in an interdisciplinary environment. (stillbirthcre.org.au)
The associations between adverse birth outcomes and PM 2.5 , ozone, and heat have been studied on a global scale, but this review concentrated specifically on outcomes in the U.S. population. (contemporaryobgyn.net)

GAPPS is a member of the Washington Global Health Alliance, and collaborates with a number of research universities, government agencies, non-governmental organizations and philanthropic foundations. (wikipedia.org)
27 public health and medical groups told the U.S. Supreme Court: women who suffer stillbirths are not murderers, that there is no medical or scientific evidence that cocaine use did - or even could have - caused Ms. McKnight's stillbirth, and that treating stillbirths as homicides undermines public health and accepted standards for medical care when pregnancy loss occurs. (drugpolicy.org)
The American Public Health Association, the National Stillbirth Society, the South Carolina Medical Association, the American Nurses Association, the American Psychiatric Association, and many other organizations signed on to this brief out of concern that the McKnight decision will transform health care professionals into law enforcement agents. (drugpolicy.org)
We analyzed data from a nine-year interval captured in the Global Network (GN) Maternal Newborn Health Registry (MNHR). (bvsalud.org)
Measuring progress from 1990 to 2017 and projecting attainment to 2030 of the health-related Sustainable Development Goals for 195 countries and territories: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. (helmholtz-hzi.de)
The skyline of Seattle, a city home to some of the most innovative and exciting developments in global health. (washington.edu)
Photo courtesy of Global Center for Integrated Health of Women, Adolescents, and Children (Global WACh). (washington.edu)
Global health minor students at a conference in Portland. (washington.edu)
8.1 Stillbirth affects more than 2000 Australian families each year, and the economic and social costs are having significant effects on families, communities, the health system, and the Australian economy. (aph.gov.au)
8.6 In addition, the WHO Global Reference List of 100 Core Health Indicators was recently updated to include the rate of stillbirths (based on the WHO definition) as a core indicator for countries to measure the quality of health care services. (aph.gov.au)
8.8 State and territory governments are largely responsible for implementing laws and policies in relation to stillbirth, including health care services, registration of stillbirths, investigations, data collection, health and related policy and law. (aph.gov.au)
Jonas-Simpson, a professor of nursing at York University [Faculty of Health], published a children's book, Ethan's Butterflies , and produced a series of research papers and documentaries on stillbirth, the latest of which, Enduring Love: Transforming Loss , will premiere in Toronto on May 15 . (yorku.ca)
Iodine-deficiency disorder (IDD) is a well-documented global health problem, affecting more than a billion people worldwide. (cdc.gov)
A 50 per cent reduction in health services due to the pandemic could cause nearly 200,000 additional stillbirths over a 12-month period in 117 low- and middle-income countries. (vaticannews.va)
According to modeling done for the report by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 13 countries could see a 20 per cent increase or more in the number of stillbirths over a 12-month period. (vaticannews.va)
1. At a glance: the global strategy for women's, children's and adolescents' health. (who.int)
The key changes introduced by the Global Strategy are the adoption of a health system-oriented, integrated, multisectoral approach to maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health programming. (who.int)
The public randomisation meeting was conducted on 14/09/2023 via TEAMs simultaneously with LSTM (UK), University of Nairobi (Kenya) and Makerere University (Uganda) and coordinated by the LSTM Global Health Trials Unit (GHTU). (who.int)
An increasing number of global issues have emerged as key determinants of health. (bvsalud.org)
Governments around the world are recognizing the importance of considering and acting upon these global issues as a way to protect and improve the health of their citizens. (bvsalud.org)

Home Breaking The number of stillbirths is increasing - the age of the mothers. (globaldomainsnews.com)
Most mothers think that stillbirth is their fault. (indianf.com)
Based on research conducted by Distinguished Laureate Professor Roger Smith AM and his team from the Mothers and Babies Research Centre at HMRI, the team developed a video that gives a clear picture of stillbirths. (indianf.com)
Regarding type of delivery, Cesarean sections corresponded to 31.1% of the total, and it is important to notice that there was a non-negligible amount of surgical deliveries in mothers whose product was a stillbirth. (bvsalud.org)

A Neglected Tragedy: The Global Burden of Stillbirths. (alignmnh.org)
Every 16 seconds," she noted, "a mother somewhere will suffer the unspeakable tragedy of stillbirth. (vaticannews.va)

However, the global figures show an increasing pregnancies such as uterine rupture, abnormal trend worldwide. (who.int)

We urgently need better data to help end stillbirth. (gapps.org)
8.9 As a result, stillbirth data collections, research initiatives and education strategies tend to be piecemeal, subject to different jurisdictional policies and clinical approaches and fragmented, short-term funding arrangements. (aph.gov.au)
Newly published data show there are more than 2.6 million stillbirths worldwide each year. (yorku.ca)
Data is critical for decision making at every level, from global to regional to country. (healthynewbornnetwork.org)
With the world at global boiling, the data clearly show that the lives and well-being of millions of children across South Asia are increasingly threatened by heat waves and high temperatures," said Sanjay Wijesekera, UNICEF Regional Director for South Asia. (globalissues.org)
This mismatch of burden to action is due to a number of factors that keep stillbirths hidden, notably a lack of data and a lack of conse. (bvsalud.org)

There are almost 2 million stillbirths worldwide every year (1). (msdmanuals.com)

Expectant mom's can greatly reduce their risk of stillbirth and pre-term labor by regularly seeing a periodontist. (clickpress.com)
The research , published in the British Medical Journal , found that the risk of stillbirth for women who slept on their left side was 1.96 per 1000 compared with 3.93 per 1000 for those who slept in any other position. (sciencemediacentre.co.nz)
Risk of stillbirth among Zambian women with a prior cesarean delivery. (unc.edu)

Explore some of the latest Stillbirth CRE research projects, scientific studies, and educational campaigns on stillbirth prevention and care after stillbirth. (stillbirthcre.org.au)
The Stillbirth CRE is the largest government funded collaborative research group, dedicated to the generation of new knowledge and implementation of best clinical practice in prevention and care after stillbirth in Australia. (stillbirthcre.org.au)
We build, promote and disseminate best practice evidence for prevention and care after stillbirth. (stillbirthcre.org.au)
Scholars@Duke publication: Infection-related stillbirth: an update on current knowledge and strategies for prevention. (duke.edu)

In multivariate modeling, in some but not all sites, the reductions in stillbirth and neonatal death were significantly associated with an increase in the institutional deliveries. (bvsalud.org)

Most notably, the stillbirth rate following a crash involving an unbelted pregnant driver was almost three times as high as the stillbirth rate following a crash involving a belted pregnant driver. (sciencedaily.com)

Progress in newborn survival has been slow, and even more so for reductions in stillbirths. (nih.gov)

A recent study in Tanzania showed 25% of pregnant women with untreated infection delivered a stillborn baby and 50% of all stillbirths were attributed to syphilis in women who had not been screened. (africa-health.com)
The stillbirth rate in East Germany, including Berlin, has almost consistently been higher than in West Germany since 1990, although the age of women at the time of stillbirth was lower in East Germany than in the West. (globaldomainsnews.com)
On average, women were 32.2 years old at a stillbirth - in the east it was 31.6 and in the west 32.3 years. (globaldomainsnews.com)
Stillbirth is an issue of national significance that requires coordinated leadership and action across all levels of Australian government to improve the current and future wellbeing of Australian women, their families and our wider society. (aph.gov.au)
Our vision is to reduce the devastating impact of stillbirth for women, families and the wider community through improving care to reduce the number of stillborn babies and to reduce the impact of this loss. (stillbirthcre.org.au)

2012) Serious and Life-Threatening Pregnancy-Related Infections: Opportunities to Reduce the Global Burden. (health.am)
8.2 This chapter considers the future of stillbirth research and education in the context of international and national policy frameworks, and strategies that could be implemented to reduce the rate of stillbirth in Australia. (aph.gov.au)
8.10 Whilst there have been attempts to coordinate policy at the national level, progress has been intermittent and there is still no coherent national policy framework that seeks to reduce the incidence of stillbirth in Australia. (aph.gov.au)
8.14 A second consultation paper outlined a set of draft strategic directions to 'provide an overarching national approach to maintaining Australia's high-quality maternity care system', and included a strategic direction that 'Service providers implement measure to reduce the rates of stillbirth', based on the success of the United Kingdom (UK) Saving Babies Lives Care Bundle and research being conducted by Stillbirth CRE. (aph.gov.au)
Be part of our email community to find out how we're helping to reduce stillbirth. (stillbirthcre.org.au)
Despite considerable global advocacy, there is scant recognition of the potential to reduce the burden of antepartum stillbirths related to infections. (duke.edu)

The diagnosis of stillbirth is clinical. (msdmanuals.com)

This case involves a young woman who suffered a stillbirth in 1999 and was charged with homicide by child abuse after an autopsy revealed cocaine metabolites in the stillborn child's system. (drugpolicy.org)

The report warns that the Covid-19 pandemic could exacerbate the global number of stillbirths. (vaticannews.va)

However, there is no coordinated national policy framework that sets national targets for reducing stillbirth, nor consistent national standards for stillbirth reporting, research and education. (aph.gov.au)

This marks significant progress… For stillbirths, a lot of the focus in high-income countries has been because parents have called for it. (thenewhumanitarian.org)
8.5 The lack of progress in reducing stillbirth rates internationally has led to calls for its inclusion in international policy frameworks. (aph.gov.au)

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Pandemic1

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Progress2