SANDS Australia Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Support
 

Miscarriage, Stillbirth & Neonatal Death Support

 

'A little life not a little loss'

Providing peer support to Australian families for 30 years ...........................

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Each year in Australia approximately 58,000 couples experience reproductive loss:
About 55,000 experience early pregnancy loss, 1,750 babies are stillborn
and about 900 babies die in the first twenty-eight days after birth…....
For more than two decades SANDS has provided sensitive support to parents and families who experience reproductive loss.

SANDS organisations across Australia:-

 

Y

 Recognise that the loss of a baby through miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, stillbirth and neonatal death often has a significant and lifelong impact on the lives of women, their partners and families.
Y Encourage support for families through recognition of their
diverse experiences of loss.
Y Value health and bereavement care which is of a high quality for
parents and families.
Y Acknowledge the diversity of individuals with regard to culture,
religion, class, gender and the uniqueness of all grief reactions.
   
All SANDS organisations are parent managed, not for profit associations. Some State and Territory SANDS Associations are self-funded through donations and corporate sponsorships, while others continue their important work with the assistance of State and Commonwealth financial grants and service contracts. Donations to SANDS are tax deductible.