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Stillbirth deeply and profoundly affects parents and families. Here are five actions in response to this hidden tragedy.
Research suggests that sleeping on your back can increase the chances of stillbirth. Pregnant women need better access to such vital information.
After a miscarriage or stillbirth, pregnancy can involve intense fear and anxiety for many women. More sensitive health information could help.
Women born in South Asian countries like India or Pakistan are more likely to have a stillbirth than women born in Australia or New Zealand.
The Victorian government should follow the UK’s example and provide performance data about individual clinicians to help avoid tragedies such as deaths of babies at Bacchus Marsh Hospital.
It happens more often than you think.
The death of a baby, whether born or unborn, is a devastating and traumatic event. More than 2,000 stillbirths occur every year in Australia. But a large number of them can be prevented.
Women with a history of miscarriage or stillbirth have a slightly increased risk of coronary heart disease (CHD), new research…
Scaling up midwifery efforts worldwide could prevent up to 83% of all stillbirths and maternal and neonatal deaths, a new…
Stillbirth is a major but under-researched public health problem affecting three million families each year. Following the 2011 Lancet Stillbirth Series, it has been receiving more attention, and a recent…
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Vicki Flenady is a Friend of The Conversation.Professor, Mater Research Institute; Director, Centre of Research Excellence in Stillbirth, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Griffith University
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Clinical Perinatal Epidemiologist, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Life Course Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR, Midwifery Discipline Leader, Western Sydney University
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Perinatal Epidemiologist and NHMRC Early Career Research Fellow, Hudson Institute
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