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We have established national and international multidisciplinary collaborations, with world-renowned experts in stillbirth prevention and care...
The Centre of Research Excellence in Stillbirth (The Stillbirth CRE) is a national collaboration addressing the neglected tragedy of stillbirth. Through a priority driven program, the Stillbirth CRE aims to reduce the rate of stillbirth and improve care for parents and families whose baby is stillborn.
Safe Baby Bundle
The Stillbirth CRE is leading the development of a bundle of care to address the priority evidence practice gaps in stillbirth prevention for implementation across maternity services. This work is being done in partnership with health departments of New South Wales, Victoria, and Queensland and key stillbirth advocacy organisations, Stillbirth Foundation Australia and Still Aware.
Stillbirth CRE 2019 Annual National Stillbirth Forum
Please join us for the 2019 Annual National Stillbirth Forum to reflect on progress and discuss planned initiatives in Australia and New Zealand.
Parents, advocates, care providers, and researchers all welcome to share the latest research and promote collaboration.
Stillbirth CRE PhD Opportunities
The Stillbirth CRE aims to attract and train doctoral and postdoctoral researchers to create the next generation of highly skilled clinical researchers in stillbirth.
Movements Matter awareness campaign
If your baby's movement pattern changes during pregnancy, it may be a sign they are unwell. We're spreading the word to pregnant women and their care providers that #MovementsMatter. Follow @MovesMatter and visit the campaign website to learn more.
Our Goal
To reduce the number of stillbirths that occur after 28 weeks’ gestation, and to improve the quality of care received by families whose baby is stillborn.
My Baby’s Movements (MBM) trial concludes!
We are excited to announce that the MBM trial has now concluded!
The trial was a huge success and we wish to thank all 26 sites that were involved for their hard work.
A special mention to our thee top performing hospitals – Sunshine Hospital (VIC), Ipswich Hospital (QLD) and Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital (QLD). Great work teams!
We are looking forward to the next stage of data analysis that will assess the impact of increased efforts in awareness and clinical management of decreased fetal movements (DFM) across Australian and New Zealand maternity services.
A collection of photos of the MBM site teams can be viewed below
Stillbirth Senate Inquiry: a National Action Plan to address stillbirth
The Australian government will develop a National Action Plan to reduce stillbirth by 20% over the next three years. On Tuesday 12th February 2019 the Minister for Health Greg Hunt led a roundtable of stakeholders to assist the Government to develop this National Action Plan. We thank everyone who contributed to the preparatory document leading up to this roundtable.
Fetal Growth Restriction workshops
Our FGR program provides educations for clinicians to improve antenatal detection and management of fetal growth restriction. This education program has been developed by a multidisciplinary team of clinical experts, and is the collaborative work of the Stillbirth CRE, PSANZ-SANDA and Mater Education.
ISA 2019: call for abstracts
The 2019 International Stillbirth Alliance 11th annual global conference on perinatal mortality and bereavement support is now open for registration and abstract submission! We are proud to partner with Umamanita for this important conference and hope you can join us in Madrid.
