Trends and determinants of stillbirth in developing countries: results from the Global Network's Population-Based Birth Registry

• Main Authors: Sarah Saleem (Author), Shiyam Sunder Tikmani (Author), Elizabeth M. McClure (Author), Janet L. Moore (Author), Syed Iqbal Azam (Author), Sangappa M. Dhaded (Author), Shivaprasad S. Goudar (Author), Ana Garces (Author), Lester Figueroa (Author), Irene Marete (Author), Constance Tenge (Author), Fabian Esamai (Author), Archana B. Patel (Author), Sumera Aziz Ali (Author), Farnaz Naqvi (Author), Musaku Mwenchanya (Author), Elwyn Chomba (Author), Waldemar A. Carlo (Author), Richard J. Derman (Author), Patricia L. Hibberd (Author), Sherri Bucher (Author), Edward A. Liechty (Author), Nancy Krebs (Author), K. Michael Hambidge (Author), Dennis D. Wallace (Author), Marion Koso-Thomas (Author), Menachem Miodovnik (Author), Robert L. Goldenberg (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Stillbirth rates remain high, especially in low and middle-income countries, where rates are 25 per 1000, ten-fold higher than in high-income countries. The United Nations' Every Newborn Action Plan has set a goal of 12 stillbirths per 1000 births by 2030 for all countries....