On Oct. 8, 2020, UNICEF, WHO, the World Bank Group and the Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs reported that almost 2 million babies are stillborn every year ﾖ or 1 every 16 seconds ﾖ according to the first ever joint stillbirth estimates.

The vast majority of stillbirths, 84 per cent, occur in low- and lower-middle-income countries, according to the report, In 2019, 3 in 4 stillbirths occurred in sub-Saharan Africa or Southern Asia.