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The International Stillbirth Alliance is a team of parents, clinicians and searches focused on #stillbirth prevention and bereavement care #datadriven #global
🔗 www.stillbirthalliance.org
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📢 We have joined the @who.int campaign #HealthyBeginnings, #HopefulFutures with our own year-long global effort.

🎥 Today, meet @zanleisher.bsky.social & @hblencowe.bsky.social, our Stillbirth Advocacy Working Group co-chairs, as they share our campaign’s vision.

#EndStillbirths #IamISA
Ana Lepe Vick (@stillmyson.bsky.social) is a #stillbirth prevention advocate in memory of her son, Owen.

Ana reminds us: “Every baby born still, still counts.”

#Stillbirths hit the most vulnerable hardest - it’s a social justice issue.

#EndStillbirths #HealthyBeginnings #HopefulFutures #IamISA
October 17, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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Study finds no link between mRNA COVID vaccines early in pregnancy and birth defects.

A French study found no increased risk of 75 major congenital malformations across 13 organ systems from first-trimester mRNA COVID vaccination, confirming vaccine safety in early pregnancy.
Study finds no link between mRNA COVID vaccines early in pregnancy and birth defects
www.cidrap.umn.edu
October 16, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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...the Maternity Care Experience for Partners Following a Previous Perinatal Death

@debbiemsmith1.bsky.social, Joanna Beaumont, Emilie Bailey, Rebecca Barron, @mgtmurphy.bsky.social, Emma Tomlinson, Alexander Heazell @mcr-sb-research.bsky.social

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The Supporter Needs Supporting Too: A Qualitative Study to Understand the Maternity Care Experience for Partners Following a Previous Perinatal Death
Background Birthing mothers are likely to experience high levels of psychological distress in a pregnancy following a perinatal death. However, less is known about the impact of a subsequent pregnan...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 16, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Sue Steen, @isastillbirth.bsky.social board member and nurse, works in Minnesota and Uganda to prevent #stillbirth and support families.

Through her work, change is happening in Uganda - like #bereavement rooms where parents can see and hold their baby.

#EndStillbirths #HopefulFutures #IamISA
October 15, 2025 at 4:15 AM
“My daughter Madison was born still. Stillbirth shattered my world. The silence is isolating."

Henderson Lafond reflects on #stillbirth as a #SocialJustice issue. She calls for urgency, visibility & change to do better; every baby matters.

#EndStillbirths #HealthyBeginnings #HopefulFutures #IamISA
September 5, 2025 at 1:01 AM
“My twins died before they could take their first breath. My babies mattered and I’ll never stop saying their names.”

Stillbirth isn’t rare. It happens every day, quietly & invisibly.

Michelle La Fontaine, bereaved parent from Canada

#EndStillbirths #HealthyBeginnings #HopefulFutures #IamISA
August 20, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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🆕📄 Assessing online search results for misinformation about reduced fetal movements

✍️ Sarah Houlihan, Anne-Marie Farrell, @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social

🔗 www.ejog.org/article/S030...

@isastillbirth.bsky.social
Assessing online search results for misinformation about reduced fetal movements
Reduced fetal movements (RFM), defined as any alteration in maternal perception of fetal movement including change in pattern, reduction or cessation of movement [1], is a risk factor for stillbirth [...
www.ejog.org
August 19, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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🩺 Calling All Final-Year Healthcare Students and Recent Graduates! 🌍

📢 International Perinatal Education Survey to help improve care for bereaved families and training for staff

⏱️ 20 minutes
🛡️ Anonymous
🌐 Accessible on all devices

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@isastillbirth.bsky.social
August 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
"My baby Amani died. It broke me, but also led me to advocate for better."

Vivian's story is one of heartbreak & hope. No one should lose a baby because care was too late. #Stillbirths are preventable with better care, systems and justice.

#HealthyBeginnings #HopefulFutures #IamISA #EndStillbirths
August 6, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Pregnancy should be joyful. But for many in Africa, it’s filled with anxiety, loss, and injustice.

Linda Vanotoo reminds us that #stillbirth is preventable.

The time to act is now.

#EndStillbirths #HealthyBeginnings #HopefulFutures #IamISA
July 21, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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We don’t talk enough about #stillbirth. Not in health policy. Not in global reports.
Not where it matters most.

But families never forget.

I'm speaking up as part of the #IAmISA campaign.

More at @isastillbirth.bsky.social

#EndStillbirths #HealthyBeginnings #HopefulFutures
July 7, 2025 at 9:42 AM
“Once you see it, you can’t unsee it.”

#Stillbirth is a silent crisis—1.9 million babies lost each year.

@aleenawoj.bsky.social reminds us: this is about real babies, real families, and real injustice.

#IamISA #EndStillbirths #HealthyBeginnings #HopefulFutures
July 7, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Happening shortly! Join us and @lshtm-march.bsky.social as a panel of global experts discuss the @unicef.org Standing up for #Stillbirth report as well as key next steps for action.

Details 👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

##EndStillbirths
June 25, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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Ahead of MARCH's Standing up for stillbirth event, student liaison, Cara Kim sat down with Hannah Blencowe @lshtm.bsky.social & Lucia Hug @unicef.org

Exploring the power of data, advocacy for compassionate bereavement care & priorities moving forward. Read in full 👇

www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...
June 25, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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🌟Join us and the @isastillbirth.bsky.social this week.

A panel of global experts will discuss the @unicef.org Standing up for stillbirth report as well as key next steps for action.

Details 👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
June 23, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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Board member of @isastillbirth.bsky.social, Odessa Omanyo, cared for a mother who lost her baby at 28 weeks. This mother was mocked for her grief, told she was “planting coffins instead of crops.”

#Stillbirth is a global injustice.

Let's #BreakTheSilence

#EndStillbirths #HopefulFutures #IamISA
June 20, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Our board member Odessa Omanyo is a neonatal clinical instructor. She cared for a mother who lost her baby at 28 weeks - mocked for her grief, told she was “planting coffins instead of crops.”

#Stillbirth is a global injustice. Help us #BreakTheSilence

#EndStillbirths #HopefulFutures #IamISA
June 20, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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Join us for overview of UNICEF’s ‘Standing up for Stillbirth: Current estimates and key interventions’ & panel discussion to discuss next steps towards #EndStillbirth
Further details and joining instructions www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
@lshtm-march.bsky.social @isastillbirth.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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📢 Did you know?

The International Stillbirth Alliance has joined the @who.int campaign #HealthyBeginnings, #HopefulFutures with its own year-long global effort for #stillbirth.

This campaign is called #IAmISA.

Catch up on all the posts so far at @isastillbirth.bsky.social

#EndStillbirths
June 4, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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🚨One week until the Standing up for stillbirth event with MARCH @lshtm.bsky.social & the @isastillbirth.bsky.social.

Find out more about @unicef.org's report ‘Standing up for Stillbirth', the current environment, as well as the key next steps for action.

👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
Standing up for stillbirth | LSHTM
Every day, more than 5,000 women around the world endure the heartbreaking experience of stillbirth. Many of these tragedies seem to happen suddenly or without reason – leaving millions of mothers
www.lshtm.ac.uk
June 18, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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I choose to talk about my experience because #stillbirth cannot be tiptoed around or whispered about as “unimaginable.” Babies are #stillborn at alarming rates worldwide. It is a public health crisis. Parents are grieving and traumatized. #IamISA #EndStillbirths #HopefulFutures
“I first learned about stillbirth at the time that I had one”

@dramybowers.bsky.social - a psychologist and bereaved mother - shares how denial and silence surround #stillbirth.

She’s breaking the #stigma.

#IamISA #EndStillbirths #HopefulFutures
June 3, 2025 at 9:56 PM
“I first learned about stillbirth at the time that I had one”

@dramybowers.bsky.social - a psychologist and bereaved mother - shares how denial and silence surround #stillbirth.

She’s breaking the #stigma.

#IamISA #EndStillbirths #HopefulFutures
June 3, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Join MARCH & the @isastillbirth.bsky.social for a seminar exploring @unicef.org’s new report, Standing up for Stillbirth.

Stakeholders from across the globe will discuss the latest data and report findings, as well as the key next steps for action.

Info 👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
June 2, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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Applications for all #IMNHC2026 session types are now open!

⭐ Abstract Sessions
⭐ Satellite Sessions
⭐ Innovation Marketplace
⭐ Engage and Exchange Sessions

Applications are open until 15 July. Review all session types and submission guidance here: imnhc2026.org/program/prog...
May 29, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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📢 Attn all final-year healthcare students and recent grads 🌍🩺

How comprehensive is/was your training for care around #perinatal #bereavement? Pls share in this survey for @isastillbirth.bsky.social led by Dr Keeth Mayakudawagee.
 
⏱️ 20 min
🛡️ Anonymous
🌐 Access on all devices

🔗 rb.gy/q5eut2
May 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM