BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

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pp. v-v(1)

Improving the experience of birth in poor communities
pp. 1165-1167(3)

Who will do the caesareans when there is no doctor? Finding creative solutions to the human resource crisis
pp. 1168-1169(2)

Community interventions for maternal and perinatal health
pp. 1170-1173(4)

The importance of fertility treatment in the developing world
pp. 1174-1176(3)

The silent burden of gynaecological disease in low income countries
pp. 1177-1179(3)

Current strategies for the reduction of maternal mortality
pp. 1180-1188(9)

Malaria in pregnancy
pp. 1189-1195(7)

Preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV: successes and challenges
pp. 1196-1203(8)

The prevention of cervical cancer in developing countries
pp. 1204-1212(9)

Appropriate technology to prevent maternal mortality: current research requirements
pp. 1213-1218(6)

Obstetric first aid: time for resuscitation
pp. 1219-1220(2)
Author: Hussein, Julia

WHO systematic review of maternal mortality and morbidity: the prevalence of uterine rupture
pp. 1221-1228(8)

The magnitude of abortion complications in Kenya
pp. 1229-1235(7)
Authors: Gebreselassie, Hailemichael; Gallo, Maria F.; Monyo, Anthony; Johnson, Brooke R.

Why are women still aborting outside designated facilities in metropolitan South Africa?
pp. 1236-1242(7)
Authors: Jewkes, Rachel K.; Gumede, Tebogo; Westaway, Margaret S.; Dickson, Kim; Brown, Heather; Rees, Helen

Violence against pregnant women: prevalence and characteristics. A population-based study in Nicaragua
pp. 1243-1248(6)
Authors: Valladares, Eliette; Peña, Rodolfo; Persson, Lars Åke; Högberg, Ulf

A randomised controlled trial of empowerment training for Chinese abused pregnant women in Hong Kong
pp. 1249-1256(8)
Authors: Tiwari, A.; Leung, W.C.; Leung, T.W.; Humphreys, J.; Parker, B.; Ho, P.C.

A 50-year audit of maternal mortality in the Peninsula Maternal and Neonatal Service, Cape Town (1953–2002)
pp. 1257-1263(7)
Authors: Fawcus, S.R.; Coeverden de Groot, H.A.; Isaacs, S.

Emergency obstetric care in developing countries: impact of guidelines implementation in a community hospital in Senegal
pp. 1264-1269(6)
Authors: Dumont, Alexandre; Gaye, Alioune; Mahé, Patricia; Bouvier-Colle, Marie-Hélène

Routines in facility-based maternity care: evidence from the Arab World
pp. 1270-1276(7)

Misoprostol in the management of the third stage of labour in the home delivery setting in rural Gambia: a randomised controlled trial
pp. 1277-1283(7)
Authors: Walraven, Gijs; Blum, Jennifer; Dampha, Yusupha; Sowe, Maimuna; Morison, Linda; Winikoff, Beverly; Sloan, Nancy

Misoprostol versus expectant management in premature rupture of membranes at term
pp. 1284-1290(7)
Authors: Graça Krupa, Fabiana; Cecatti, José Guilherme; Castro Surita, Fernanda Garanhani; Milanez, Helaine Maria Besteti Pires; Parpinelli, Mary Ângela

Misoprostol and declining abortion-related morbidity in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: a temporal association
pp. 1291-1296(6)
Authors: Miller, Suellen; Lehman, Tara; Campbell, Martha; Hemmerling, Anke; Brito Anderson, Sonia; Rodriguez, Hector; Vargas Gonzalez, Wilme; Cordero, Milton; Calderon, Victor

A randomised controlled trial of 6 and 12 hourly administration of vaginal misoprostol for second trimester pregnancy termination
pp. 1297-1301(5)
Authors: Herabutya, Yongyoth; Chanrachakul, Boonsri; Punyavachira, Piyaporn

Personal accounts of ‘near-miss’ maternal mortalities in Kampala, Uganda
pp. 1302-1307(6)
Authors: Weeks, Andrew; Lavender, Tina; Nazziwa, Enid; Mirembe, Florence

Fecundity and pregnancy outcome in a cohort with sickle cell-haemoglobin C disease followed from birth
pp. 1308-1314(7)
Authors: Serjeant, Graham R.; Hambleton, Ian; Thame, Minerva

A simple way to increase service use: triggers of women's uptake of postpartum services
pp. 1315-1321(7)
Authors: Kabakian-Khasholian, Tamar; Campbell, Oona M.R.

Initial Asian experience in hysteroscopic sterilisation using the Essure permanent birth control device
pp. 1322-1327(6)
Authors: Chern, Bernard; Siow, Anthony

Mental health screening in women with genital tract fistulae
pp. 1328-1330(3)
Authors: Goh, Judith T.W.; Sloane, Kate M.; Krause, Hannah G.; Browning, Andrew; Akhter, Sayeba

Maternal death after intrapartum saline amnioinfusion—report of two cases
pp. 1331-1333(3)
Authors: Dorairajan, Gowri; Soundararaghavan, S.

Ischaemic gangrene of the scalp in the neonate: a complication of obstructed labour
pp. 1334-1335(2)
Authors: Kulshrestha, Sanjay; Kulshrestha, Meeta; Sarkar, Barun; Chandra, Mukesh; Singh, Pradeep; Agarwal, Nawal; Kishore, Renu

Erratum
pp. 1336-1336(1)