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Global, regional, and national estimates and trends in stillbirths from 2000 to 2019
A systematic assessment
Hug, L., You, D., Blencowe, H., Mishra, A., Wang, Z., Fix, M. J., Wakefield, J., Moran, A. C., Gaigbe-Togbe, V., Suzuki, E., Blau, D. M., Cousens, S., Creanga, A., Croft, T., Hill, K., Joseph, K. S., Maswime, S., McClure, E. M., Pattinson, R., ... UN Inter-agcy Grp Child Mortality (2022). Global, regional, and national estimates and trends in stillbirths from 2000 to 2019: A systematic assessment. Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey, 77(2), 83-85. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ogx.0000816512.11007.84
(Abstracted from Lancet 2021;398:772-785) Stillbirths are a public health issue as well as an example of the inequality of care during pregnancy and birth. Groups such as the UN Global Strategy for Women's, Children's, and Adolescents' Health and the Every Newborn Action Plan aim to prevent stillbirths.