Counting stillbirths and COVID 19—there has never been a more urgent time

• Caroline S E Homer,
• Susannah Hopkins Leisher,
• Neelam Aggarwal,
• Joseph Akuze,
• Delly Babona,
• Hannah Blencowe,
• John Bolgna,
• Richard Chawana,
• Aliki Christou,
• Miranda Davies-Tuck,
• Rakhi Dandona,
• Sanne Gordijn,
• Adrienne Gordon,
• Rafat Jan,
• Fleurisca Korteweg,
• Salome Maswime,
• Margaret M Murphy,
• Paula Quigley,
• Claire Storey,
• Lisa M Vallely,
• Peter Waiswa,
• Clare Whitehead,
• Jennifer Zeitlin,
• Vicki Flenady

Affiliations

Caroline S E Homer

Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia

Susannah Hopkins Leisher

International Stillbirth Alliance, Millburn, NJ, USA; Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA; The Centre of Research Excellence in Stillbirth, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

Neelam Aggarwal

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India

Joseph Akuze

Maternal, Adolescent, Reproductive, and Child Health Centre, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK; Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Centre of Excellence, Department of Health Policy Planning and Management, Makerere University School of Public Health, Kampala, Uganda

Delly Babona

St Mary's Hospital Vunapope, Kokopo, Papua New Guinea

Hannah Blencowe

Maternal, Adolescent, Reproductive, and Child Health Centre, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK

John Bolgna

Modillon Hospital, Madang, Papua New Guinea

Richard Chawana

Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa; Biovac, Cape Town, South Africa

Aliki Christou

School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Miranda Davies-Tuck

The Centre of Research Excellence in Stillbirth, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia; The Ritchie Centre, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Clayton, VIC, Australia; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia

Rakhi Dandona

Public Health Foundation of India, Gurugram, India; Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, WA, USA

Sanne Gordijn

University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands

Adrienne Gordon

Central Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Newborn Care, Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Rafat Jan

Aga Khan University School of Nursing & Midwifery, Karachi, Pakistan

Fleurisca Korteweg

International Stillbirth Alliance, Millburn, NJ, USA; Martini Hospital Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands

Salome Maswime

Surgery Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Margaret M Murphy

International Stillbirth Alliance, Millburn, NJ, USA; School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland; Pregnancy Loss Research Group, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Paula Quigley

Technical Assistance to Strengthen Capabilities Project, London, UK; DAI Global Health, London, UK

Claire Storey

International Stillbirth Alliance, Millburn, NJ, USA

Lisa M Vallely

Kirby Institute, Wallace Wurth Building, UNSW Sydney, Syndney, NSW, Australia; Papua New Guinea Institute Medical Research, Goroka, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea

Peter Waiswa

Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Centre of Excellence, Department of Health Policy Planning and Management, Makerere University School of Public Health, Kampala, Uganda

Clare Whitehead

Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Royal Women's Hospital, The University of Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Mercy Hospital For Women, Heidelberg, VIC, Australia

Jennifer Zeitlin

Obstetrical, Perinatal and Pediatric Epidemiology Research Team, Center for Epidemiology and Statistics, Sorbonne University, Paris, France; INSERM UMR 1153, Paris, France; Maternité de Port-Royal, Paris, France

Vicki Flenady

The Centre of Research Excellence in Stillbirth, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia