Stillbirth researcher Oghome Emembo highlights a stark reality: in Nigeria, a stillbirth occurs every 16 seconds.

Preventing these losses requires stronger maternal health services, better policies, and better data systems.

#IamISA #EndStillbirths #HealthyBeginnings #HopefulFutures #Stillbirth

Parent advocate Nonkululeko Shibula speaks about the silence surrounding #stillbirth in many cultures.

Her message: stillbirth is not a curse and it is not a shame. Every baby deserves to be remembered.

#IamISA #EndStillbirths #HealthyBeginnings ##HopefulFutures

After losing her daughter Lottie, doctor & mother @sianreece.bsky.social learned how invisible #stillbirth is in global data. “What we fail to count, we fail to change.”

We must make every family visible – in data, in systems & in care.

#IamISA #EndStillbirths ##HealthyBeginnings #HopefulFutures

#Stillbirth is largely preventable, yet remains invisible due to #stigma & under-reporting.

Prof Neelam Aggarwal calls for equity, stronger data & political commitment to reach the global of 12 or fewer #stillbirths for every 1000 births.

#HealthyBeginnings #HopefulFutures #IamISA #EndStillbirths

Ana Lepe Vick (@stillmyson.bsky.social) is a #stillbirth prevention advocate in memory of her son, Owen.

Ana reminds us: “Every baby born still, still counts.”

#Stillbirths hit the most vulnerable hardest - it’s a social justice issue.

#EndStillbirths #HealthyBeginnings #HopefulFutures #IamISA

Sue Steen, @isastillbirth.bsky.social board member and nurse, works in Minnesota and Uganda to prevent #stillbirth and support families.

Through her work, change is happening in Uganda - like #bereavement rooms where parents can see and hold their baby.

#EndStillbirths #HopefulFutures #IamISA

“My daughter Madison was born still. Stillbirth shattered my world. The silence is isolating."

Henderson Lafond reflects on #stillbirth as a #SocialJustice issue. She calls for urgency, visibility & change to do better; every baby matters.

#EndStillbirths #HealthyBeginnings #HopefulFutures #IamISA

“My twins died before they could take their first breath. My babies mattered and I’ll never stop saying their names.”

Stillbirth isn’t rare. It happens every day, quietly & invisibly.

Michelle La Fontaine, bereaved parent from Canada

#EndStillbirths #HealthyBeginnings #HopefulFutures #IamISA

"My baby Amani died. It broke me, but also led me to advocate for better."

Vivian's story is one of heartbreak & hope. No one should lose a baby because care was too late. #Stillbirths are preventable with better care, systems and justice.

#HealthyBeginnings #HopefulFutures #IamISA #EndStillbirths

Pregnancy should be joyful. But for many in Africa, it’s filled with anxiety, loss, and injustice.

Linda Vanotoo of @isastillbirth.bsky.social reminds us that #stillbirth is preventable.

The time to act is now.

#EndStillbirths #HealthyBeginnings #HopefulFutures #IamISA

Pregnancy should be joyful. But for many in Africa, it’s filled with anxiety, loss, and injustice.

Linda Vanotoo reminds us that #stillbirth is preventable.

The time to act is now.

#EndStillbirths #HealthyBeginnings #HopefulFutures #IamISA

We don’t talk enough about #stillbirth. Not in health policy. Not in global reports.
Not where it matters most.

But families never forget.

I'm speaking up as part of the #IAmISA campaign.

More at @isastillbirth.bsky.social

#EndStillbirths #HealthyBeginnings #HopefulFutures

“Once you see it, you can’t unsee it.”

#Stillbirth is a silent crisis—1.9 million babies lost each year.

@aleenawoj.bsky.social reminds us: this is about real babies, real families, and real injustice.

#IamISA #EndStillbirths #HealthyBeginnings #HopefulFutures

Board member of @isastillbirth.bsky.social, Odessa Omanyo, cared for a mother who lost her baby at 28 weeks. This mother was mocked for her grief, told she was “planting coffins instead of crops.”

#Stillbirth is a global injustice.

Let's #BreakTheSilence

#EndStillbirths #HopefulFutures #IamISA

Our board member Odessa Omanyo is a neonatal clinical instructor. She cared for a mother who lost her baby at 28 weeks - mocked for her grief, told she was “planting coffins instead of crops.”

#Stillbirth is a global injustice. Help us #BreakTheSilence

#EndStillbirths #HopefulFutures #IamISA

📢 Did you know?

The International Stillbirth Alliance has joined the @who.int campaign #HealthyBeginnings, #HopefulFutures with its own year-long global effort for #stillbirth.

This campaign is called #IAmISA.

Catch up on all the posts so far at @isastillbirth.bsky.social

#EndStillbirths

I choose to talk about my experience because #stillbirth cannot be tiptoed around or whispered about as “unimaginable.” Babies are #stillborn at alarming rates worldwide. It is a public health crisis. Parents are grieving and traumatized. #IamISA #EndStillbirths #HopefulFutures

“I first learned about stillbirth at the time that I had one”

@dramybowers.bsky.social - a psychologist and bereaved mother - shares how denial and silence surround #stillbirth.

She’s breaking the #stigma.

#IamISA #EndStillbirths #HopefulFutures

“I first learned about stillbirth at the time that I had one”

@dramybowers.bsky.social - a psychologist and bereaved mother - shares how denial and silence surround #stillbirth.

She’s breaking the #stigma.

#IamISA #EndStillbirths #HopefulFutures

#IAmISA We did this work in Ontario. We can do it in BC too.

Meet @amandarosswhite.bsky.social. Amanda lost her sons Nate and Sam to #stillbirth in 2007. She now teaches nurses to care
with empathy and evidence.

Amanda's work reminds us that respectful care changes everything.

#IamISA #EndStillbirths #HealthyBeginnings #HopefulFutures

#Stillbirth is a public health crisis & a deeply personal tragedy.

@mvkinney.bsky.social shares one such tragedy & why she has worked for 15+yrs with parents, advocates & changemakers to #BreakTheSilence and end preventable #stillbirths.

#IamISA #EndStillbirths ##HealthyBeginnings #HopefulFutures

📢 We have joined the @who.int campaign #HealthyBeginnings, #HopefulFutures with our own year-long global effort.

🎥 Today, meet @zanleisher.bsky.social & @hblencowe.bsky.social, our Stillbirth Advocacy Working Group co-chairs, as they share our campaign’s vision.

#EndStillbirths #IamISA

On #WorldHealthDay, ISA is launching the #IamISA campaign in support of WHO's campaign for maternal and newborn health, #HopefulFutures. Let's stand up for stillbirth!