Our vision is to reduce the devastating impact of stillbirth for women, families and the wider community through improving care to reduce the number of stillborn babies and to reduce the impact of this loss.
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The Safer Baby Bundle consists of five elements designed to reduce stillbirth rates after 28 weeks’ gestation. The Stillbirth CRE has led the development of a bundle of care to address the priority evidence practice gaps in stillbirth prevention for implementation across maternity services for health professionals.
Australia has made strides towards reducing stillbirths by 20% by December 2025, a target set out in the 2020 National Stillbirth Action and Implementation Plan, but there is still work to be done. Stillbirth CRE Director, Professor Vicki Flenady sat down [...]
First Nations women face almost twice the risk of stillbirth or “sorry business babies” compared to non-First Nations women in Australia. By developing culturally adapted resources and providing education and training, the Stillbirth CRE is working to [...]
For parents who have experienced stillbirth and go on to have subsequent pregnancies, it can be an incredibly difficult and complex time. The Stillbirth CRE and Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand (PSANZ) have released the 2024 edition of the [...]
The Centre of Research Excellence in Stillbirth acknowledge the Traditional Owners of this land and their ongoing custodianship. We pay our respects to their Ancestors and their descendants, who continue cultural and spiritual connections to Country. We acknowledge the diversity across Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, language and practices and that it is vital that all health care services respectfully manage protocol and provide a culturally positive health care experience for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Western Pacific Regional Office of the International Stillbirth Alliance
Coordinating Centre, Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Alliance, Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand
Level 3, Aubigny Place Mater Research Institute Raymond Terrace, South Brisbane QLD 4101 The University of Queensland Faculty of Medicine