The AlignMNH 2023 Conference: progress in raising parents’ voices in stillbirth advocacy
The first International Maternal Newborn Health Conference, organised by AlignMNH, took place on May 8–11, 2023, in Cape Town (South Africa). During this conference, more than 1800 stakeholders from over 95 countries gathered to refocus, realign, and protect progress to enhance global maternal and newborn health and prevent stillbirths. Globally, approximately 1·9 million babies are stillborn in the third trimester each year.1 These statistics represent not just numbers, but the lives of parents, families, and health-care workers who are deeply impacted by stillbirth.