Stillbirth should be given greater priority on the global health agenda

Zeshan U Qureshi; Joseph Millum; Hannah Blencowe; Maureen Kelley; Edward Fottrell; Joy E Lawn; Anthony Costello; Tim Colbourn

doi:10.1136/bmj.h4620

Stillbirth should be given greater priority on the global health agenda

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

Authors

Zeshan U Qureshi¹, Joseph Millum², Hannah Blencowe³, Maureen Kelley⁴, Edward Fottrell⁵, Joy E Lawn³, Anthony Costello⁵, Tim Colbourn⁵

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK zeshan.u.qureshi@gmail.com.
² Clinical Center Department of Bioethics/Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA.
³ Maternal, Adolescent, Reproductive, and Child Health Centre, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
⁴ Ethox Centre, Nuffield Department of Population Health, Oxford University, Oxford, UK.
⁵ Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK.

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.

MeSH terms

Cost of Illness
Developing Countries / economics
Developing Countries / statistics & numerical data
Family Health / economics
Family Health / statistics & numerical data
Female
Global Health / economics
Global Health / statistics & numerical data
Health Expenditures
Health Priorities*
Humans
Infant
Infant Mortality
Infant, Newborn
Maternal Health Services / economics
Maternal Health Services / standards
Maternal Health Services / supply & distribution
Pregnancy
Prenatal Care / economics
Prenatal Care / statistics & numerical data
Reproductive Health / economics
Reproductive Health / standards
Stillbirth / economics
Stillbirth / epidemiology*
Women's Rights