Organizations working to prevent stillbirth
Tommy’s and NHS England on ‘Feeling your baby move’ Resources from Tommy’s stillbirth research centre in St Mary’s Hospital in Manchester https://www.tommys.org/pregnancy-information/health-professionals
The Stillbirth Centre for Research Excellence (Stillbirth CRE) Australia has updated its evidence-based training and resources: Safer Baby Bundle eLearning. This online training focuses on the five key elements of the Safer Baby Bundle: Smoking cessation, decreased fetal movements, fetal growth restriction, maternal going-to-sleep position, timing of birth
Star Legacy: Our Safer Pregnancy Cards are now available in 7 languages – English, Spanish, Hmong, Somali, French, Arabic, and Turkish. You can these (and all our brochures) for free by visiting our Safer Pregnancy Pocket Reminder Card – Star Legacy — Store (starlegacyfoundation.org)
Pregnancy Loss Research Group (PLRG) at University College Cork
Health Care Professional Resources
World Health Organization Clinical Guidance
- “Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR): materials to support implementation” provide a roadmap for conducting MPDSR in clinical and policy settings.
- “WHO recommendations on antenatal care for a positive pregnancy experience” available in English, French, Russian, Spanish: https://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/publications/maternal_perinatal_health/anc-positive-pregnancy-experience/en/
- “Managing complications in pregnancy and childbirth: a guide for midwives and doctors” https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789241565493
Community health workers help mothers in Papua New Guinea: see the video here
Tune in to our Indigenous Midwives conversation, co-hosted by ICM, the Wilson Center’s Maternal Health Initiative
Publications related to prevention of stillbirth and neonatal death
The PURPOSE Study Group. Preventable stillbirths in India and Pakistan: a prospective, observational study. BJOG 2021 PURPOSE_BJOG
The Lancet series: Maternal and child undernutrition progress. The latest Series on Maternal and Child Undernutrition Progress, includes three new papers that build upon findings from the previous 2008 and 2013 Series, which established an evidence-based global agenda for tackling undernutrition over the past decade. Specifically, evidence on the effectiveness of antenatal multiple micronutrient supplementation in reducing the risk of stillbirths, low birthweight, and babies born small-for-gestational age has strengthened.
Zamboni, K., Singh, S., Tyagi, M. et al. Effect of collaborative quality improvement on stillbirths, neonatal mortality and newborn care practices in hospitals of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, India: evidence from a quasi-experimental mixed-methods study. Implementation Sci 16, 4 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-020-01058-z
Potential impact of midwives in preventing and reducing maternal and neonatal mortality and stillbirths: a Lives Saved Tool modelling study: A new study on the Impact of Midwives launched on 1st Dec 2020 by UNFPA and the Wilson Center – download the infographic Midwives_Save_Lives_Infographic. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(20)30397-1/fulltext
Effect of a quality improvement package for intrapartum and immediate newborn care on fresh stillbirth and neonatal mortality among preterm and low-birthweight babies in Kenya and Uganda: a cluster-randomised facility-based trial D Walker et al. Lancet Glob Health 2020; 8: e1061–70 https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(20)30232-1/fulltext
Sociocultural, political, and health system-related determinants of perinatal deaths in Jordan from the perspectives of health care providers: a qualitative study. Khader YS, Bawadi H, Khasawneh W, Alyahya MS, Shattnawi K, Al-Sheyab NA, Al Obeisat S, Asad M, Khatatneh K, Alkhdour MM, Al-Hamdan Z, Batieha A. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2020 Jul 29;1-10.
The Link Between Stillbirth & Maternal Mortality and Morbidity: Firsthand Accounts from American Women. Read the report on Stillbirth in the US from Count the Kicks Stillbirth + Maternal Mortality Morbidity in USA April 2022
Shining a Spotlight on Stillbirths: research by Dr Amy Hough at LSHTM
Invitation to participate in the WAVES Study, a comprehensive survey of mothers worldwide (with and without a baby infected by group B streptococcus) to help identify the gaps in care and communication regarding group B strep (GBS) disease in babies. More info is at gbs-intl.org/WAVES