According to the research, published on Monday June 26 2017, in Xinhua News Agency, the rate of the stillbirth in South Asia is higher than that of rest of the world. The research was done by Hudson Institute of Medical Research (HIMR).
That research discussed with media when a South Asian woman gave birth to stillborn child in Melbourne. Every year 1 out of every 5 women faced this problem.
Stillbirth is typically known as fetal death at or after the 5th or 7th month of pregnancy. Dr. Yu Zing, “It results in a baby born without signs of life.”
The research mentioned, “The term is in contrast to miscarriage which is an early pregnancy loss and live birth where the baby is born alive, even if it dies shortly after.”
It is analyzed that more than 700,000 births were influenced by stillbirths. There were 2,299 cases observed in that regard.
Miranda Davies-Tuck, lead researcher said that her team found women of South Asian countries giving birth were 27% more likely to experience stillbirth than that of Australian women.
Davies-Tuck told Australian media, “We saw that the risk of stillbirth for a South Asian mother at 39 weeks was equivalent to an Australian-born mother at 41 weeks and that’s when we would normally start to offer intervention because of the risk.”
Dr Shavi Fernando researcher at Monish institute told SBS News World, “We suspect that South Asian women have a shorter gestation than Caucasian women and even South-East Asian women.”
He added, “We suspect that these babies just mature earlier and, therefore, their placentas fail earlier as well.”
This new research from the Hudson Institute in Melbourne shows stillbirth is most prevalent among women from countries such as India, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan. The most horrifying news is the number of babies dying in the first four weeks has decreased but the rate of stillbirths has been raised.
Correspondent: Syeda Faiza Bukhari
