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International Stillbirth Alliance @isastillbirth.bsky.social · Sep 5

“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

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International Stillbirth Alliance @isastillbirth.bsky.social · Aug 20

“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

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Pregnancy Loss Research Group @pregnancylossie.bsky.social · Aug 19

🆕📄 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

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Dr Aleena Wojcieszek @aleenawoj.bsky.social · Aug 10

🩺 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

🔗👇🏻
monashred.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/

@isastillbirth.bsky.social

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International Stillbirth Alliance @isastillbirth.bsky.social · Aug 6

"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

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International Stillbirth Alliance @isastillbirth.bsky.social · Jul 21

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

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Dr Aleena Wojcieszek @aleenawoj.bsky.social · Jul 7

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

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International Stillbirth Alliance @isastillbirth.bsky.social · Jul 7

“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

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International Stillbirth Alliance @isastillbirth.bsky.social · Jun 25

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

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Maternal, Adolescent, Reproductive & Child Health Centre, LSHTM @lshtm-march.bsky.social · Jun 25

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...

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Maternal, Adolescent, Reproductive & Child Health Centre, LSHTM @lshtm-march.bsky.social · Jun 23

🌟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...

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Dr Aleena Wojcieszek @aleenawoj.bsky.social · Jun 20

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

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International Stillbirth Alliance @isastillbirth.bsky.social · Jun 20

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

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hblencowe.bsky.social @hblencowe.bsky.social · Jun 18

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

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Dr Aleena Wojcieszek @aleenawoj.bsky.social · Jun 4

📢 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

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Maternal, Adolescent, Reproductive & Child Health Centre, LSHTM @lshtm-march.bsky.social · Jun 18

🚨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

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Amy M. V. Bowers, PhD @dramybowers.bsky.social · Jun 3

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

International Stillbirth Alliance @isastillbirth.bsky.social · Jun 3

“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

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International Stillbirth Alliance @isastillbirth.bsky.social · Jun 3

“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

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Maternal, Adolescent, Reproductive & Child Health Centre, LSHTM @lshtm-march.bsky.social · Jun 2

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...

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AlignMNH @alignmnh.bsky.social · May 29

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...

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Dr Aleena Wojcieszek @aleenawoj.bsky.social · May 27

📢 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

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International Stillbirth Alliance @isastillbirth.bsky.social · May 20

Meet @amandarosswhite.bsky.social. Amanda lost her sons Nate and Sam to #stillbirth in 2007. She now teaches nurses to care
with empathy and evidence.

Amanda's work reminds us that respectful care changes everything.

#IamISA #EndStillbirths #HealthyBeginnings #HopefulFutures

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International Stillbirth Alliance @isastillbirth.bsky.social · May 6

#Stillbirth is a public health crisis & a deeply personal tragedy.

@mvkinney.bsky.social shares one such tragedy & why she has worked for 15+yrs with parents, advocates & changemakers to #BreakTheSilence and end preventable #stillbirths.

#IamISA #EndStillbirths ##HealthyBeginnings #HopefulFutures

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Pregnancy Loss Research Group @pregnancylossie.bsky.social · May 1

📣 Summit for Perinatal Excellence takes place in Minnesota next month

🗣️ Invited speaker, Dr @danielnuzum.bsky.social will discuss spirituality in perinatal loss

ℹ️ www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy...

🔗 perinatalexcellence.org/summit25/

@keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @isastillbirth.bsky.social

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Pregnancy Loss Research Group @pregnancylossie.bsky.social · Apr 23

Stillbirth rates remain tragically high and government funding is not keeping up

@vickiflenady.bsky.social @stillbirthcre.bsky.social @isastillbirth.bsky.social

womensagenda.com.au/latest/still...

Stillbirth rates remain tragically high and government funding is not keeping up

Australia is at serious risk of falling short of its target to ahcieve a 20 per cent reduction in stillbirth by the end of 2025.

womensagenda.com.au

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