A consortium specialising in infant mortality has said an average of six babies die every day in Australia with stillbirth rates remaining high for 20 years. Red Nose Australia, Stillbirth Centre of Research Excellence (Stillbirth CRE), Stillbirth Foundation of Australia, and Sands Australia have joined together to launch a joint campaign, entitled Still Six Lives, to reduce the number of stillbirths suffered by expectant Aussie parents annually. “Stillbirth is the biggest cause of perinatal mortality in Australia,” Stillbirth Foundation Australia CEO Leigh Brezler told The Epoch Times. “Nearly 2,200 babies are stillborn each year, which is almost twice Australia’s national road toll.” In Australia, a stillbirth is defined when a baby is born without signs of life after 20 weeks’ gestation, or with a 400g birthweight. Current data from Stillbirth CRE places the stillbirth rate (20 weeks/400g) in Australia at 6.8 per 1,000 births. However, the risk is higher for Aboriginal and …