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This article is part of the supplement: Stillbirths – the global picture and evidence-based solutions .

Open AccessReview of strategies

Delivering interventions to reduce the global burden of stillbirths: improving service supply and community demand

Zulfiqar A Bhutta1 email, Gary L Darmstadt2 email, Rachel A Haws2 email, Mohammad Yawar Yakoob1 email and Joy E Lawn3,4,5 email

Division of Maternal and Child Health, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Saving Newborn Lives/Save the Children-US, Cape Town, South Africa

International Perinatal Care Unit, Institute of Child Health, London, UK

Health Systems Research Unit, Medical Research Council of South Africa, South Africa

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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2009, 9(Suppl 1):S7doi:10.1186/1471-2393-9-S1-S7

Published: 7 May 2009

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Web Table 1. Component studies in Sibley et al. 2007: Impact of trained birth attendants on stillbirth and perinatal mortality. Component studies in Sibley et al. 2007 meta-analysis reporting impact on stillbirths/perinatal mortality.

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Web Table 2. Component studies in Hodnett and Fredericks 2003 meta-analysis: Impact of support during pregnancy by health workers and midwives on stillbirth/neonatal mortality. Component studies in Hodnett and Fredericks 2003 meta-analysis reporting impact on stillbirths/perinatal mortality.

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Web Table 3. Component studies in Villar et al. 2001 meta-analysis: Impact of different patterns of antenatal care on perinatal mortality. Component studies in Villar et al. 2001 meta-analysis reporting impact on stillbirths/perinatal mortality.

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Web Table 4. Component studies in Hodnett 2000 meta-analysis: Impact of continuous care by caregivers during pregnancy and childbirth on stillbirth/neonatal mortality. Component studies in Hodnett 2000 meta-analysis reporting impact on stillbirths/perinatal mortality.

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Web Table 5. Component studies in Olsen et al. 1997 meta-analysis: Impact of planned home versus hospital births on perinatal mortality. Component studies in Olsen et al. 1997 meta-analysis reporting impact on stillbirths/perinatal mortality.

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Web Table 6. Component studies in Hodnett et al. 2005 meta-analysis: Impact of home-like versus conventional settings for birth on perinatal mortality. Component studies in Hodnett et al. 2005 meta-analysis reporting impact on stillbirths/perinatal mortality.

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Web Table 7. Component studies in Mancey-Jones and Brugha 1997: Impact of perinatal audit on perinatal mortality. Component studies in Mancey-Jones and Brugha 1997 meta-analysis reporting impact on stillbirths/perinatal mortality.

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