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New report exposes major policy and data gaps ANALYSIS | MARY KENNEY | Nearly one million babies are stillborn in Africa every year. Behind every stillbirth is a mother, a family and a story left untold. Most of these are preventable, many unrecorded, and too often invisible. Each number hides a moment …

  Newborn deaths in the country stand at 43 children per 1,000 live births Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health authorities in Gulu district have raised concern over the high number of perinatal deaths commonly known as stillbirths over the past twelve months. A stillbirth is the birth of an infant …