Stillbirths: ending preventable deaths by 2030

Ending preventable stillbirths 3 Stillbirth: Why invest?

Ending preventable maternal and newborn mortality and stillbirths.

D espite remarkable achievements to improve maternal and child survival, 800 women and 7700 newborns still die each day from complications during pregnancy, childbirth, and in the postnatal period; an additional 7300 women experience a stillbirth.1-3 Some countries have been able to improve health outcomes for women and children, even with relatively low health expenditures.4 The key to their s...

Can available interventions end preventable deaths in mothers, newborn babies, and stillbirths, and at what cost?

Progress in newborn survival has been slow, and even more so for reductions in stillbirths. 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. We have systematically reviewed interventions across the continuum...

EWEC Technical Content Workstream working Group on ending preventable maternal and newborn mortality and stillbirths (23/03/2015) Ending Preventable Maternal and Newborn Mortality and Stillbirths Effective interventions and strategies1

Each day 800 women and 7,700 newborns die from complications during pregnancy, childbirth and other neonatal causes. In addition, 7,300 women experience a stillbirth. Evidence-based solutions exist to prevent these deaths. The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which called for a 75% reduction in maternal mortality and a two-third reduction in under-5 mortality, demonstrated that ambitious ta...

HIV Prevention: The Key to Ending AIDS by 2030

There is no viable substitute for re-energizing, funding and supporting culturally attuned, locally staffed HIV advocacy and prevention programmes, especially in resource poor settings. The evidence that such interventions are effective remains compelling; and although the cost implications are not negligible, the medium to long-term outcomes must be regarded not as complementary, but as integr...