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Of 6 million deaths in pregnancy and around birth every year, 2.6 million are stillbirths. Every woman should be able to have a baby that is alive and well after months of pregnancy. In some countries, stillbirths are not recorded or investigated to uncover what went wrong or what could prevent it happening again.
Women, and their families, who experience stillbirths are profoundly affected. Some can have prolonged grief, compounded by stigma and a lack of societal recognition of this loss.