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. 2015 Sep 23:351:h4620.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.h4620.

Stillbirth should be given greater priority on the global health agenda

Zeshan U Qureshi  1 , Joseph Millum  2 , Hannah Blencowe  3 , Maureen Kelley  4 , Edward Fottrell  5 , Joy E Lawn  3 , Anthony Costello  5 , Tim Colbourn  5
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Stillbirth should be given greater priority on the global health agenda

Zeshan U Qureshi et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Stillbirths are largely excluded from international measures of mortality and morbidity. Zeshan Qureshi and colleagues argue that stillbirth should be higher on the global health agenda.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: We have read and understood BMJ policy on declaration of interests and have no relevant interests to declare.

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Fig 1 Regional variation in stillbirth rates and the proportion of intrapartum stillbirths using data from 195 countries. Error bars indicate uncertainty range.
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