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International Stillbirth Alliance

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The International Stillbirth Alliance is a team of parents, clinicians and searches focused on #stillbirth prevention and bereavement care #datadriven #global 🔗 www.stillbirthalliance.org

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International Stillbirth Alliance @isastillbirth.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
📢 Première en français pour l'ISA ! Le 25/11 à 14h (CET), le Dr Mamadou Berthe (INSP Bamako) présentera ses recherches cruciales sur les causes des décès périnatals au Mali (2023–2024). Pour participer à cet événement essentiel, écrivez à Judith: progcoord@stillbirthalliance.org 📩
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International Stillbirth Alliance @isastillbirth.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
O Guia Global da International Stillbirth Alliance já está disponível em português. 💙 Um recurso para apoiar profissionais da saúde, famílias enlutadas e organizações comprometidas em melhorar o cuidado e o apoio após um óbito fetal. Saiba mais: h1.nu/1vIwb #LutoPerinatal #SaúdeMaterna
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International Stillbirth Alliance @isastillbirth.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
La Guía Global de la International Stillbirth Alliance ya está disponible en español. 💙 Un recurso para profesionales de la salud, familias en duelo y organizaciones que trabajan por una mejor atención y apoyo tras una muerte fetal. Más información: h1.nu/1vIwb #DueloPerinatal #SaludMaterna
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International Stillbirth Alliance @isastillbirth.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Thread 1/3 Africa records nearly 1 million #stillbirths every year. Swipe through for more and join the call to end preventable stillbirths in Africa. Access the full State of Africa's Stillbirths report: shorturl.at/gyvVE #StateOfAfricasStillbirths #EveryBabyCounts #EndStillbirths
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International Stillbirth Alliance @isastillbirth.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Africa records nearly 1 million #stillbirths each year. Behind every statistic is a baby and a family. The State of Africa's Stillbirths report highlights the scale of the challenge and how to save lives. Access report: shorturl.at/gyvVE #StateOfAfricasStillbirths #EveryBabyCounts #EndStillbirths
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International Stillbirth Alliance @isastillbirth.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Stillbirth affects 2 million families each year – half in Africa. This silent crisis demands action. Join "Voices for change: Elevating #Stillbirths on the Health Agenda" to hear global leaders and parent advocates define what's needed. 📅 12 May ⏰️ 12:30 UTC 🔗 shorturl.at/oDGPn #EndStillbirths
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International Stillbirth Alliance @isastillbirth.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
ISA raises the voices of bereaved parents whose baby was #stillborn. Tabinda Sahar, psychologist and social worker from Pakistan, is fighting the #stigma of #stillbirth. Proudly, she is ISA. #IamISA #EndStillbirths #HealthyBeginnings #HopefulFutures
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International Stillbirth Alliance @isastillbirth.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
#SaveTheDate | Joint @isastillbirth.bsky.social & PAIL Network Conference 📅 September 23-25, 2027 📍 Toronto, Ontario, Canada #Stillbirth #EndStillbirths pailnetwork.sunnybrook.ca/conference/
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International Stillbirth Alliance @isastillbirth.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Jen Rogalski found strength through @isastillbirth.bsky.social (ISA) after losing her son at 37 weeks. ISA connects bereaved parents with a global network of support and hope. You are not alone. #IamISA #EndStillbirths #HealthyBeginnings #HopefulFutures
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International Stillbirth Alliance @isastillbirth.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Stillbirth researcher Oghome Emembo highlights a stark reality: in Nigeria, a stillbirth occurs every 16 seconds. Preventing these losses requires stronger maternal health services, better policies, and better data systems. #IamISA #EndStillbirths #HealthyBeginnings #HopefulFutures #Stillbirth
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International Stillbirth Alliance @isastillbirth.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Nearly 2 million #stillbirths happen each year, half in Africa. Progress has stalled. Too many babies uncounted and families unheard. Join us at #IMNHC2026 to launch The State of Africa’s Stillbirths + a consultation shaping the next Lancet Stillbirths Series. Be part of the change #EndStillbirths
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International Stillbirth Alliance @isastillbirth.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Parent advocate Nonkululeko Shibula speaks about the silence surrounding #stillbirth in many cultures. Her message: stillbirth is not a curse and it is not a shame. Every baby deserves to be remembered. #IamISA #EndStillbirths #HealthyBeginnings ##HopefulFutures
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International Stillbirth Alliance @isastillbirth.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
After losing her daughter Lottie, doctor & mother @sianreece.bsky.social learned how invisible #stillbirth is in global data. “What we fail to count, we fail to change.” We must make every family visible – in data, in systems & in care. #IamISA #EndStillbirths ##HealthyBeginnings #HopefulFutures
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International Stillbirth Alliance @isastillbirth.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
#Stillbirth is largely preventable, yet remains invisible due to #stigma & under-reporting. Prof Neelam Aggarwal calls for equity, stronger data & political commitment to reach the global of 12 or fewer #stillbirths for every 1000 births. #HealthyBeginnings #HopefulFutures #IamISA #EndStillbirths
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Dr Aleena Wojcieszek @aleenawoj.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
📊 Led by @zanleisher.bsky.social, our newly published global scorecard tracks progress on ending preventable #stillbirths and improving bereavement care. It shows where countries are on track, falling short, or missing data entirely 🌍 🔗 shorturl.at/5Skm9 #EndStillbirths @isastillbirth.bsky.social
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International Stillbirth Alliance @isastillbirth.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Sign the petition and join us in calling for #OneMillionMore midwives 📝 www.millionmore.org @internationalmidwives.org
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International Confederation of Midwives @internationalmidwives.org · 14/10/2025
One day you or someone you know will need a midwife — but the world is one million short. That’s why we’re launching the #OneMillionMore global petition to grow, support and sustain the midwifery workforce. Sign today: zurl.co/eTYZT
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International Stillbirth Alliance @isastillbirth.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Midwives save lives, protect rights & improve care for women and newborns - yet the world is short of midiwives by 1 million. We are proud to endorse the petition to grow, support, and sustain the global midwifery workforce. Join ISA in signing the #OneMillionMore petition: 📝 www.millionmore.org
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International Stillbirth Alliance @isastillbirth.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
We are proud to have amongst our members 56 organizations from 28 countries that share our mission of ending preventable stillbirths and newborn deaths and ensuring respectful care. Meet some of them here! #WeAreISA youtu.be/HqeNvXw987c?...
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We are ISA! Meet some of our member organizations
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Pregnancy Loss Research Group @pregnancylossie.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
📣 ICYMI: Now in issue 🆕📄 Ethnic Disparities in Perinatal Mortality & Associated Factors: A Nationwide Cohort Study ✍️ Laura Robinson, @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social, Sara Leitao 🔗 obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @bjog.bsky.social @npec-ucc.bsky.social @isastillbirth.bsky.social
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Objective To examine factors associated with perinatal mortality (PM) in women in minority ethnic groups (MEG) in Ireland and assess differences between them and their white counterparts. Design R.....
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International Stillbirth Alliance @isastillbirth.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Ana Lepe Vick (@stillmyson.bsky.social) is a #stillbirth prevention advocate in memory of her son, Owen. Ana reminds us: “Every baby born still, still counts.” #Stillbirths hit the most vulnerable hardest - it’s a social justice issue. #EndStillbirths #HealthyBeginnings #HopefulFutures #IamISA
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Study finds no link between mRNA COVID vaccines early in pregnancy and birth defects. A French study found no increased risk of 75 major congenital malformations across 13 organ systems from first-trimester mRNA COVID vaccination, confirming vaccine safety in early pregnancy.
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Study finds no link between mRNA COVID vaccines early in pregnancy and birth defects
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Pregnancy Loss Research Group @pregnancylossie.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
...the Maternity Care Experience for Partners Following a Previous Perinatal Death @debbiemsmith1.bsky.social, Joanna Beaumont, Emilie Bailey, Rebecca Barron, @mgtmurphy.bsky.social, Emma Tomlinson, Alexander Heazell @mcr-sb-research.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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The Supporter Needs Supporting Too: A Qualitative Study to Understand the Maternity Care Experience for Partners Following a Previous Perinatal Death
Background Birthing mothers are likely to experience high levels of psychological distress in a pregnancy following a perinatal death. However, less is known about the impact of a subsequent pregnan...
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International Stillbirth Alliance @isastillbirth.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Sue Steen, @isastillbirth.bsky.social board member and nurse, works in Minnesota and Uganda to prevent #stillbirth and support families. Through her work, change is happening in Uganda - like #bereavement rooms where parents can see and hold their baby. #EndStillbirths #HopefulFutures #IamISA
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International Stillbirth Alliance @isastillbirth.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
“My daughter Madison was born still. Stillbirth shattered my world. The silence is isolating." Henderson Lafond reflects on #stillbirth as a #SocialJustice issue. She calls for urgency, visibility & change to do better; every baby matters. #EndStillbirths #HealthyBeginnings #HopefulFutures #IamISA
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International Stillbirth Alliance @isastillbirth.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
“My twins died before they could take their first breath. My babies mattered and I’ll never stop saying their names.” Stillbirth isn’t rare. It happens every day, quietly & invisibly. Michelle La Fontaine, bereaved parent from Canada #EndStillbirths #HealthyBeginnings #HopefulFutures #IamISA
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Pregnancy Loss Research Group @pregnancylossie.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
🆕📄 Assessing online search results for misinformation about reduced fetal movements ✍️ Sarah Houlihan, Anne-Marie Farrell, @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social 🔗 www.ejog.org/article/S030... @isastillbirth.bsky.social
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Assessing online search results for misinformation about reduced fetal movements
Reduced fetal movements (RFM), defined as any alteration in maternal perception of fetal movement including change in pattern, reduction or cessation of movement [1], is a risk factor for stillbirth [...
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Dr Aleena Wojcieszek @aleenawoj.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
🩺 Calling All Final-Year Healthcare Students and Recent Graduates! 🌍 📢 International Perinatal Education Survey to help improve care for bereaved families and training for staff ⏱️ 20 minutes 🛡️ Anonymous 🌐 Accessible on all devices 🔗👇🏻 monashred.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/ @isastillbirth.bsky.social
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International Stillbirth Alliance @isastillbirth.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
"My baby Amani died. It broke me, but also led me to advocate for better." Vivian's story is one of heartbreak & hope. No one should lose a baby because care was too late. #Stillbirths are preventable with better care, systems and justice. #HealthyBeginnings #HopefulFutures #IamISA #EndStillbirths
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International Stillbirth Alliance @isastillbirth.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Pregnancy should be joyful. But for many in Africa, it’s filled with anxiety, loss, and injustice. Linda Vanotoo reminds us that #stillbirth is preventable. The time to act is now. #EndStillbirths #HealthyBeginnings #HopefulFutures #IamISA
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Dr Aleena Wojcieszek @aleenawoj.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
We don’t talk enough about #stillbirth. Not in health policy. Not in global reports. Not where it matters most. But families never forget. I'm speaking up as part of the #IAmISA campaign. More at @isastillbirth.bsky.social #EndStillbirths #HealthyBeginnings #HopefulFutures
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International Stillbirth Alliance @isastillbirth.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
“Once you see it, you can’t unsee it.” #Stillbirth is a silent crisis—1.9 million babies lost each year. @aleenawoj.bsky.social reminds us: this is about real babies, real families, and real injustice. #IamISA #EndStillbirths #HealthyBeginnings #HopefulFutures
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International Stillbirth Alliance @isastillbirth.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Happening shortly! Join us and @lshtm-march.bsky.social as a panel of global experts discuss the @unicef.org Standing up for #Stillbirth report as well as key next steps for action. Details 👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e... ##EndStillbirths
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Maternal, Adolescent, Reproductive & Child Health Centre, LSHTM @lshtm-march.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
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 👇 www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...
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Maternal, Adolescent, Reproductive & Child Health Centre, LSHTM @lshtm-march.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
🌟Join us and the @isastillbirth.bsky.social this week. A panel of global experts will discuss the @unicef.org Standing up for stillbirth report as well as key next steps for action. Details 👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
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Dr Aleena Wojcieszek @aleenawoj.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Board member of @isastillbirth.bsky.social, Odessa Omanyo, cared for a mother who lost her baby at 28 weeks. This mother was mocked for her grief, told she was “planting coffins instead of crops.” #Stillbirth is a global injustice. Let's #BreakTheSilence #EndStillbirths #HopefulFutures #IamISA
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International Stillbirth Alliance @isastillbirth.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Our board member Odessa Omanyo is a neonatal clinical instructor. She cared for a mother who lost her baby at 28 weeks - mocked for her grief, told she was “planting coffins instead of crops.” #Stillbirth is a global injustice. Help us #BreakTheSilence #EndStillbirths #HopefulFutures #IamISA
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hblencowe.bsky.social @hblencowe.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
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
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Dr Aleena Wojcieszek @aleenawoj.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
📢 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
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Maternal, Adolescent, Reproductive & Child Health Centre, LSHTM @lshtm-march.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
🚨One week until the Standing up for stillbirth event with MARCH @lshtm.bsky.social & the @isastillbirth.bsky.social. Find out more about @unicef.org's report ‘Standing up for Stillbirth', the current environment, as well as the key next steps for action. 👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
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Standing up for stillbirth | LSHTM
Every day, more than 5,000 women around the world endure the heartbreaking experience of stillbirth. Many of these tragedies seem to happen suddenly or without reason – leaving millions of mothers
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Amy M. V. Bowers, PhD @dramybowers.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
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
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International Stillbirth Alliance @isastillbirth.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
“I first learned about stillbirth at the time that I had one” @dramybowers.bsky.social - a psychologist and bereaved mother - shares how denial and silence surround #stillbirth. She’s breaking the #stigma. #IamISA #EndStillbirths #HopefulFutures
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Maternal, Adolescent, Reproductive & Child Health Centre, LSHTM @lshtm-march.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Join MARCH & the @isastillbirth.bsky.social for a seminar exploring @unicef.org’s new report, Standing up for Stillbirth. Stakeholders from across the globe will discuss the latest data and report findings, as well as the key next steps for action. Info 👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
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Align: @alignconnects.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Applications for all #IMNHC2026 session types are now open! ⭐ Abstract Sessions ⭐ Satellite Sessions ⭐ Innovation Marketplace ⭐ Engage and Exchange Sessions Applications are open until 15 July. Review all session types and submission guidance here: imnhc2026.org/program/prog...
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Dr Aleena Wojcieszek @aleenawoj.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
📢 Attn all final-year healthcare students and recent grads 🌍🩺 How comprehensive is/was your training for care around #perinatal #bereavement? Pls share in this survey for @isastillbirth.bsky.social led by Dr Keeth Mayakudawagee.   ⏱️ 20 min 🛡️ Anonymous 🌐 Access on all devices 🔗 rb.gy/q5eut2
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International Stillbirth Alliance @isastillbirth.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Meet @amandarosswhite.bsky.social. Amanda lost her sons Nate and Sam to #stillbirth in 2007. She now teaches nurses to care with empathy and evidence. Amanda's work reminds us that respectful care changes everything. #IamISA #EndStillbirths #HealthyBeginnings #HopefulFutures
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International Stillbirth Alliance @isastillbirth.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
#Stillbirth is a public health crisis & a deeply personal tragedy. @mvkinney.bsky.social shares one such tragedy & why she has worked for 15+yrs with parents, advocates & changemakers to #BreakTheSilence and end preventable #stillbirths. #IamISA #EndStillbirths ##HealthyBeginnings #HopefulFutures
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Pregnancy Loss Research Group @pregnancylossie.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
📣 Summit for Perinatal Excellence takes place in Minnesota next month 🗣️ Invited speaker, Dr @danielnuzum.bsky.social will discuss spirituality in perinatal loss ℹ️ www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy... 🔗 perinatalexcellence.org/summit25/ @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @isastillbirth.bsky.social
Tile with a profile photo of Dr Daniel Nuzum along with details of his talk (Spirituality in perinatal loss: loss, love, connection) at the Summit for Perinatal Excellence 2025. PLRG, Star Legacy and Summit logos along with a QR code to our work in this area: https://www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancyloss/researchareas/spirituality/
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Pregnancy Loss Research Group @pregnancylossie.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Stillbirth rates remain tragically high and government funding is not keeping up @vickiflenady.bsky.social @stillbirthcre.bsky.social @isastillbirth.bsky.social womensagenda.com.au/latest/still...
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Stillbirth rates remain tragically high and government funding is not keeping up
Australia is at serious risk of falling short of its target to ahcieve a 20 per cent reduction in stillbirth by the end of 2025.
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Dr Aleena Wojcieszek @aleenawoj.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Have you got your tix for #WavesOfChange 2025 yet? There's still time to register & see these amazing speakers 🙌 🤰🏽 #birth, #perinatal care & #stillbirth prevention 🎫 🔗 shorturl.at/O38He @stillbirthcre.bsky.social @isastillbirth.bsky.social @hannahdahlen.bsky.social @hblencowe.bsky.social
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