Counting stillbirths and COVID 19-there has never been a more urgent time

Caroline S E Homer¹, Susannah Hopkins Leisher², Neelam Aggarwal³, Joseph Akuze⁴, Delly Babona⁵, Hannah Blencowe⁶, John Bolgna⁷, Richard Chawana⁸, Aliki Christou⁹, Miranda Davies-Tuck¹⁰, Rakhi Dandona¹¹, Sanne Gordijn¹², Adrienne Gordon¹³, Rafat Jan¹⁴, Fleurisca Korteweg¹⁵, Salome Maswime¹⁶, Margaret M Murphy¹⁷, Paula Quigley¹⁸, Claire Storey¹⁹, Lisa M Vallely²⁰, Peter Waiswa²¹, Clare Whitehead²², Jennifer Zeitlin²³, Vicki Flenady²⁴

Affiliations

¹ Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia. Electronic address: caroline.homer@burnet.edu.au.
² International Stillbirth Alliance, Millburn, NJ, USA; Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA; The Centre of Research Excellence in Stillbirth, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India.
⁴ Maternal, Adolescent, Reproductive, and Child Health Centre, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK; Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Centre of Excellence, Department of Health Policy Planning and Management, Makerere University School of Public Health, Kampala, Uganda.
⁵ St Mary's Hospital Vunapope, Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.
⁶ Maternal, Adolescent, Reproductive, and Child Health Centre, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
⁷ Modillon Hospital, Madang, Papua New Guinea.
⁸ Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa; Biovac, Cape Town, South Africa.
⁹ School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
¹⁰ The Centre of Research Excellence in Stillbirth, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia; The Ritchie Centre, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Clayton, VIC, Australia; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia.
¹¹ Public Health Foundation of India, Gurugram, India; Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, WA, USA.
¹² University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.
¹³ Central Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Newborn Care, Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
¹⁴ Aga Khan University School of Nursing & Midwifery, Karachi, Pakistan.
¹⁵ International Stillbirth Alliance, Millburn, NJ, USA; Martini Hospital Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.
¹⁶ Surgery Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
¹⁷ International Stillbirth Alliance, Millburn, NJ, USA; School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland; Pregnancy Loss Research Group, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
¹⁸ Technical Assistance to Strengthen Capabilities Project, London, UK; DAI Global Health, London, UK.
¹⁹ International Stillbirth Alliance, Millburn, NJ, USA.
²⁰ Kirby Institute, Wallace Wurth Building, UNSW Sydney, Syndney, NSW, Australia; Papua New Guinea Institute Medical Research, Goroka, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea.
²¹ Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Centre of Excellence, Department of Health Policy Planning and Management, Makerere University School of Public Health, Kampala, Uganda.
²² Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Royal Women's Hospital, The University of Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Mercy Hospital For Women, Heidelberg, VIC, Australia.
²³ Obstetrical, Perinatal and Pediatric Epidemiology Research Team, Center for Epidemiology and Statistics, Sorbonne University, Paris, France; INSERM UMR 1153, Paris, France; Maternité de Port-Royal, Paris, France.
²⁴ The Centre of Research Excellence in Stillbirth, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.

PMID: 33212029
PMCID: PMC10011432
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30456-3

Counting stillbirths and COVID 19-there has never been a more urgent time

Caroline S E Homer et al. Lancet Glob Health. 2021 Jan.

. 2021 Jan;9(1):e10-e11.

doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30456-3. Epub 2020 Nov 16.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia. Electronic address: caroline.homer@burnet.edu.au.
² International Stillbirth Alliance, Millburn, NJ, USA; Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA; The Centre of Research Excellence in Stillbirth, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India.
⁴ Maternal, Adolescent, Reproductive, and Child Health Centre, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK; Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Centre of Excellence, Department of Health Policy Planning and Management, Makerere University School of Public Health, Kampala, Uganda.
⁵ St Mary's Hospital Vunapope, Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.
⁶ Maternal, Adolescent, Reproductive, and Child Health Centre, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
⁷ Modillon Hospital, Madang, Papua New Guinea.
⁸ Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa; Biovac, Cape Town, South Africa.
⁹ School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
¹⁰ The Centre of Research Excellence in Stillbirth, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia; The Ritchie Centre, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Clayton, VIC, Australia; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia.
¹¹ Public Health Foundation of India, Gurugram, India; Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, WA, USA.
¹² University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.
¹³ Central Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Newborn Care, Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
¹⁴ Aga Khan University School of Nursing & Midwifery, Karachi, Pakistan.
¹⁵ International Stillbirth Alliance, Millburn, NJ, USA; Martini Hospital Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.
¹⁶ Surgery Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
¹⁷ International Stillbirth Alliance, Millburn, NJ, USA; School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland; Pregnancy Loss Research Group, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
¹⁸ Technical Assistance to Strengthen Capabilities Project, London, UK; DAI Global Health, London, UK.
¹⁹ International Stillbirth Alliance, Millburn, NJ, USA.
²⁰ Kirby Institute, Wallace Wurth Building, UNSW Sydney, Syndney, NSW, Australia; Papua New Guinea Institute Medical Research, Goroka, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea.
²¹ Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Centre of Excellence, Department of Health Policy Planning and Management, Makerere University School of Public Health, Kampala, Uganda.
²² Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Royal Women's Hospital, The University of Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Mercy Hospital For Women, Heidelberg, VIC, Australia.
²³ Obstetrical, Perinatal and Pediatric Epidemiology Research Team, Center for Epidemiology and Statistics, Sorbonne University, Paris, France; INSERM UMR 1153, Paris, France; Maternité de Port-Royal, Paris, France.
²⁴ The Centre of Research Excellence in Stillbirth, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.

PMID: 33212029
PMCID: PMC10011432
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30456-3

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