Stillbirth rate by maternal HIV serostatus and antiretroviral use in pregnancy in South Africa : an audit

The global perinatal mortality burden is high, with over 2.6 million stillbirths annually. The plurality (41%) of stillbirths occur in sub-Saharan Africa, which also has the highest HIV burden (20% prevalence) in the world. The extent to which these two phenomena are related has not been fully characterised.http://www.samj.org.zadm2022Obstetrics and Gynaecolog