Africa’s hidden stillbirth crisis: new report exposes major policy and data gaps

By Mary Kinney, Senior Lecturer with the Global Surgery Division, University of Cape Town

Nearly one million babies are stillborn in Africa every year. Behind every stillbirth is a mother, a family and a story left untold. Most of these are preventable, many unrecorded, and too often invisible. Each number hides a moment of heartbreak, and every uncounted loss represents a missed opportunity to learn and to act.

As a public health researcher specialising in maternal and newborn health, I have spent the past two decades working on strengthening health systems…

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