{"id":183043,"date":"2016-01-19T14:56:04","date_gmt":"2016-01-19T14:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=183043"},"modified":"2016-01-19T14:56:04","modified_gmt":"2016-01-19T14:56:04","slug":"most-of-2-6-million-stillbirths-are-preventable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=183043","title":{"rendered":"Most of 2.6 million stillbirths are &#8216;preventable&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Over 3,000 lives are lost to stillbirth a day across the world &#8211; most of which are preventable, according to studies published by The Lancet.<\/p>\n<p>Two-thirds of last year&#8217;s 2.6 million stillbirths were in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Half of stillbirths happen during labour as a result of preventable conditions, notably syphilis and malaria, they add.<\/p>\n<p>The studies argue stillbirths are preventable through high-quality antenatal care.<\/p>\n<p>The studies say there is a widespread belief that stillbirths are due to birth defects and are unavoidable.<\/p>\n<p>However, it points out that this only accounts for 7.3% of stillbirths after 28 weeks.<\/p>\n<p>They ranked the three countries with the highest rates of still births as Pakistan, followed by Nigeria and Chad.<\/p>\n<p>A notable exception is Rwanda, which the studies point out was able to reduce the number of stillbirths.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape no-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef-1.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/media\/images\/76737000\/jpg\/_76737167_976line.jpg\" alt=\"Grey line\" width=\"976\" height=\"2\" \/><\/span><\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-body__crosshead\">Stillbirths in numbers:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/369A\/production\/_87787931_worldrates.jpg\" alt=\"Map of stillbirth rate\" width=\"562\" height=\"316\" \/><\/span><\/figure>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">An estimated 2.6 million stillbirths occur annually<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">98% occur in low-income and middle-income countries<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">75% are in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">More than half occur in conflict or emergency zones<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Half of all stillbirths (1.3 million) occur during labour and birth<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">In sub-Saharan Africa, two-thirds of stillbirths are in rural areas<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">More than 40 million women give birth unattended at home each year<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">At present rates of progress, it will be 160 years until a woman in Africa will have the same chance of her baby being born alive as a woman in a high-income country<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 3,000 lives are lost to stillbirth a day across the world &#8211; most of which are preventable, according to studies published by The Lancet. Two-thirds of last year&#8217;s 2.6 million stillbirths were in Africa. Half of stillbirths happen during labour as a result of preventable conditions, notably syphilis and malaria, they add. 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