What is it about?
Prevention of avoidable intrapartum stilbirth will reduce if quality care is implored in the care of women presenting with obstetric complications. Standads in management of obstetric emergencies is also important if stillbirths are to be averted.
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Why is it important?
Stillbirth are not included in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and this was so during the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It is in this regard that the silence should be broken and as health facilities, we should understand the contributing factors of these deaths. With the use of clinical audit which is a quality improvement tool, quality care is strengthened in order to reduce mortality.
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This page is a summary of: Factors contributing to intrapartum stillbirth: a criteria-based audit to support midwifery practice in Zambia, African Journal of Midwifery and Women s Health, April 2017, Mark Allen Group,
DOI: 10.12968/ajmw.2017.11.2.67.
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