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Analysis of stillbirths at a Tertiary Care Centre using ReCoDe Classification System

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Dr Shailja Bhamri, Dr .Prem Kumari Bhamri
ยป doi: 10.33472/AFJBS.6.Si3.2024.502-508

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One of the most feared outcomes of pregnancy is a stillbirth delivery for any obstetrician or any antenatal woman and her family. It has a lasting impact on the physical and psychological health of the mother. It has been estimated that 98% of all the stillbirths occur in low and low-middle income group countries (1). Preventing stillbirths has gained a global attention. Every Newborn Action Plan is a resolution passed by the World Health Assembly and it spells out the target of 12 stillbirths per 1000 births to be achieved by all nations by 2030(2). This is in compliance with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.(3) India has also come a long way in decreasing stillbirth rate over the last two decades to 12.4 in the years 2019-2020(4). In the year 2000 it was 29.6 and the percentage decline during the years 2000 to 2019 was 53% (5). This is attributed to the untiring efforts of the government in increasing the literacy rate, promoting early pregnancy registration, routine antenatal check-ups, strengthening the referral system, better transportation facilities for the antenatal women and institutional deliveries. For international comparison, WHO has defined stillbirth as birth of a foetus at gestational age more than 28 weeks, with foetal weight more than 1000 grams, crown rump length greater than 35 cm with no signs of life at birth (6).

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