Big strides in Kingdom's stillbirth rate

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Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon

Cambodia’s stillbirth rate was nearly halved in the past 15 years, one of the fastest rates of improvement in the world, according to new global data published today as part of a series of papers in The Lancet journal.

The Kingdom still ranks 101 among 195 countries surveyed, with a stillbirth rate of 11.9 deaths per 1,000 births in 2015 – with a stillbirth being defined by the WHO as foetal deaths in pregnancies lasting seven or more months.

However, the study’s co-author, Dr Hannah Blencow, said in an email that Cambodia has the “lowest estimated rate amongst all low income countries, and the fastest estimated rate of progress” – at 3.6 per cent – within the same group. Improved counting of stillbirths will help going forward, she added.

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