Table 2.
Treatment priorities to reduce infection-related stillbirths
| Intervention | Rationale | |
|---|---|---|
| Syphilis | Screening and treatment | Intervention is effective; scale-up strategies are needed, especially in areas of high prevalence |
| Malaria | Chemoprophylaxis (directed or intermittent); insecticide-treated bednets against malaria | Neither strategy has been tested for targeting of stillbirth specifically, but these strategies are effective against other malaria-related pregnancy outcomes |
| Measles, mumps, rubella, polio, varicella, influenza | Maternal vaccination | Effective for prevention of maternal disease and will probably prevent stillbirths associated with maternal infection in pregnancy; the contribution of these maternal infections to stillbirth in developing countries is unknown |
| Worms | Deworming | Associated with a decrease in stillbirths, but cause and effect has not been proven and the contribution to the burden of stillbirth is unknown |