Small newborns are vulnerable to mortality and lifelong loss of human capital. Measures of
vulnerability previously focused on liveborn low-birthweight (LBW) babies, yet LBW …

An estimated 2· 6 million third trimester stillbirths occurred in 2015 (uncertainty range 2· 4–3·
0 million). The number of stillbirths has reduced more slowly than has maternal mortality or …

Background Stillbirths are a major public health issue and a sensitive marker of the quality of
care around pregnancy and birth. The UN Global Strategy for Women's, Children's and …

Background Previous estimates have highlighted a large global burden of stillbirths, with an
absence of reliable data from regions where most stillbirths occur. The Every Newborn …

Variation in stillbirth rates across high-income countries and large equity gaps within high-
income countries persist. If all high-income countries achieved stillbirth rates equal to the …

To improve maternal health requires action to ensure quality maternal health care for all
women and girls, and to guarantee access to care for those outside the system. In this paper …

All women should have access to high quality maternity services—but what do we know
about the health care available to and used by women? With a focus on low-income and …

Background 2· 6 million pregnancies were estimated to have ended in stillbirth in 2015. The
aim of the AFFIRM study was to test the hypothesis that introduction of a reduced fetal …

Background In low-resource settings where disease burdens remain high and many health
facilities lack essentials such as drugs or commodities, functional equipment, and trained …

This first paper of the Lancet Series on ending preventable stillbirths reviews progress in
essential areas, identified in the 2011 call to action for stillbirth prevention, to inform the …