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Editorial| Volume 33, ISSUE 6, P505, November 2020

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Editorial: Addressing stillbirth in Australia: A national initiative

      Around the world, stillbirth impacts on millions of families and communities each year [
      • Lawn J.
      • Blencowe H.
      • Waiswa P.
      • Amouzou A.
      • Mathers C.
      • Hogan D.
      • et al.
      Stillbirths: rates, risk factors, and acceleration towards 2030.
      ,
      • Froen J.
      • Friberg I.
      • Lawn J.
      • Bhutta Z.
      • Pattinson R.
      • Allanson E.
      • et al.
      Stillbirths: progress and unfinished business.
      ]. The importance of addressing this international tragedy has been recognised in recent years with the Global Strategy for Women, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health [
      • Every Woman Every Child
      Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescent’s Health 2016-2030.
      ] and the Every Newborn Action Plan [
      • WHO
      • UNICEF
      Every Newborn: An Action Plan to End Preventable Deaths.
      ,
      • WHO
      • UNICEF
      Ending Preventable Newborn Deaths and Stillbirths by 2030.
      ] including a target for reducing stillbirths. In 2014, the World Health Assembly endorsed a target of 12 or fewer stillbirths per 1000 births in every country by 2030 [
      • Lawn J.
      • Blencowe H.
      • Waiswa P.
      • Amouzou A.
      • Mathers C.
      • Hogan D.
      • et al.
      Stillbirths: rates, risk factors, and acceleration towards 2030.
      ].
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        • Blencowe H.
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        Stillbirths: progress and unfinished business.
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        Ending Preventable Newborn Deaths and Stillbirths by 2030.
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