Preventable stillbirths in the Solomon Islands - A hidden tragedy

Manarangi De Silva; Leeanne Panisi; Lenin Manubuasa; Catherine Honimae; Susan Taragwanu; Simon Burggraaf; Divinal Ogaoga; Anthea Lindquist; Susan Walker; Stephen Tong; Roxanne Hastie

Journal article

Preventable stillbirths in the Solomon Islands - A hidden tragedy

Manarangi De Silva, Leeanne Panisi, Lenin Manubuasa, Catherine Honimae, Susan Taragwanu, Simon Burggraaf, Divinal Ogaoga, Anthea Lindquist, Susan Walker, Stephen Tong, Roxanne Hastie

LANCET REGIONAL HEALTH-WESTERN PACIFIC | ELSEVIER | Published : 2020

DOI: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2020.100050

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University of Melbourne Researchers

Roxanne Hastie Author Obstetrics and Gynaecology Royal Women's Hospital/Mercy

Anthea Lindquist Author Obstetrics and Gynaecology Royal Women's Hospital/Mercy

Susan Walker Author Obstetrics and Gynaecology Royal Women's Hospital/Mercy

Stephen Tong Author Obstetrics and Gynaecology Royal Women's Hospital/Mercy

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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (NHMRC)

Funding Acknowledgements

MD was supported by The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) Miriam O'Connor Scholarship. The National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (NHMRC) provided salary support to ST (#1136418), RH (#1176922), AL and SW. We are grateful to the Research and Ethics Department and the Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child and Adolescent Health Division of the Solomon Islands Ministry of Health, and the Solomon Islands World Health Organization. Finally, we would like to thank all the midwives, nurses and doctors at the National Referral Hospital in the Solomon Islands.