# The University of Cape Town has joined leading continental and global health partners in the fight to confront stillbirths. Each year, nearly one million babies are stillborn across the continent, most from preventable causes. A new report titled, Improving Stillbirth Data Recording, Collection and Reporting in Africa, highlights the urgent need for stronger systems to count every stillbirth. UCT’s professor, Salome Maswime, says while maternal mortality has long received policy attention, stillbirths have remained on the margins of national targets and global accountability frameworks.
UCT joins the fight to confront the silent crisis of stillbirths in Africa