How are we doing in reducing preventable fetal death by 2030?

Abstract

Fetal death (FD) is the death of the product of conception at 22 weeks
of gestation or more(1) and can occur before delivery or during delivery
(intrapartum). Estimates made by the United Nations Inter-agency
Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) estimate that 2 million
stillbirths occurred worldwide in 2019, i.e., 16 FDs occurred every
second. Forty percent occurred during intrapartum and most of them
could have been prevented with quality prenatal care and adequate delivery
care. For Peru, a fetal mortality rate (FMR) of 7.1 per 1,000 births
with 4,080 FD of 28 to more weeks of gestation is estimated, placing the
country in the lower third of fetal mortality with respect to other Latin
American countries(2) (Table 1).