📋Counting stillbirths is about data, dignity, & accountability - ensuring every #stillborn baby is acknowledged & every loss informs action.
🆕report reveals how countries are counting stillbirths & highlights practical pathways to strengthen data systems.
🔗 africacdc.org/improving-st...
MARCH Centre @lshtm.bsky.social becomes a World Health Organization Collaborating Centre.
This collaboration with @who.int recognises the MARCH Centre’s expertise & research excellence in the field of maternal, adolescent, reproductive & child health.
Find out more👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...
I’m delighted to be taking on the role of Co-Director. It has been fantastic to contribute to driving forward the mission of the MARCH Centre over the past year. I look forward to working with Ana Maria, Aduragbemi and the wider MARCH community to help shape the next phase of the Centre’s work
I choose to talk about my experience because #stillbirth cannot be tiptoed around or whispered about as “unimaginable.” Babies are #stillborn at alarming rates worldwide. It is a public health crisis. Parents are grieving and traumatized. #IamISA #EndStillbirths #HopefulFutures
In a personal blog, Professor Francesco Checchi discusses the pressing situation in #Gaza amidst increased levels of starvation, and what this may mean for the future 👇
www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...
Join us for overview of UNICEF’s ‘Standing up for Stillbirth: Current estimates and key interventions’ & panel discussion to discuss next steps towards #EndStillbirth
Further details and joining instructions www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
@lshtm-march.bsky.social @isastillbirth.bsky.social
Ahead of MARCH's Standing up for stillbirth event, student liaison, Cara Kim sat down with Hannah Blencowe @lshtm.bsky.social & Lucia Hug @unicef.org
Exploring the power of data, advocacy for compassionate bereavement care & priorities moving forward. Read in full 👇
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1/2 African stillbirths occur during labour, signalling critical gaps in health system performance & quality of care.
The State of Africa’s Stillbirths Report calls for a shift from silence to accountability.
Read more: africacdc.org/download/sta...
#AfricaStillbirths #EndStillbirths #HealthyFuture
I'm putting together a starter pack for individuals and groups involved in #stillbirth research and advocacy. If you're not on the list and want to be, please like this post to be added.
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📢 Did you know?
The International Stillbirth Alliance has joined the @who.int campaign #HealthyBeginnings, #HopefulFutures with its own year-long global effort for #stillbirth.
This campaign is called #IAmISA.
Catch up on all the posts so far at @isastillbirth.bsky.social
#EndStillbirths
Africa’s most preventable health system failure Stillbirth is Africa’s silent epidemic and one of the clearest indicators of health system failure. Every 30 seconds, a baby is stillborn on the contine...
