作者
Elizabeth M McClure, Sarah Saleem, Shivaprasad S Goudar, Ana Garces, Ryan Whitworth, Fabian Esamai, Archana B Patel, Shiyam Sunder Tikmani, Musaku Mwenechanya, Elwyn Chomba, Adrien Lokangaka, Carl L Bose, Sherri Bucher, Edward A Liechty, Nancy F Krebs, S Yogesh Kumar, Richard J Derman, Patricia L Hibberd, Waldemar A Carlo, Janet L Moore, Tracy L Nolen, Marion Koso-Thomas, Robert L Goldenberg
发表日期
2020/11
期刊
Reproductive health
卷号
17
页码范围
1-9
出版商
BioMed Central
简介
Background
Stillbirth rates are high and represent a substantial proportion of the under-5 mortality in low and middle-income countries (LMIC). In LMIC, where nearly 98% of stillbirths worldwide occur, few population-based studies have documented cause of stillbirths or the trends in rate of stillbirth over time.
Methods
We undertook a prospective, population-based multi-country research study of all pregnant women in defined geographic areas across 7 sites in low-resource settings (Kenya, Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo, India, Pakistan, and Guatemala). Staff collected demographic and health care characteristics with outcomes obtained at delivery. Cause of stillbirth was assigned by algorithm.
Results
From 2010 through 2018, 573,148 women were enrolled with delivery data obtained. Of the 552,547 births that reached 500 g or 20 weeks gestation, 15,604 were stillbirths; a rate of 28.2 stillbirths per …
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