Ausgabe 1/2015
Inhalt (118 Artikel)
A matched case–control study of preterm birth in one hospital in Beijing, China
AiQun Huang, Xi Jin, XiaoHong Liu, SuHong Gao
Prevalence of birth defects in an Arctic Russian setting from 1973 to 2011: a register-based study
Vitaly A Postoev, Evert Nieboer, Andrej M Grjibovski, Jon Øyvind Odland
The success factors of scaling-up Estonian sexual and reproductive health youth clinic network - from a grassroots initiative to a national programme 1991–2013
Jari Kempers, Evert Ketting, Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli, Triin Raudsepp
Factors associated with crisis pregnancies in Ireland: findings from three nationally representative sexual health surveys
Ashling Bourke, Caroline Kelleher, Daniel Boduszek, Karen Morgan
Association between wanting circumcision and risky sexual behaviour in Zimbabwe: evidence from the 2010–11 Zimbabwe demographic and health survey
Antony Chikutsa, Alfred C Ncube, Shepard Mutsau
Parent–child communication about sexual and reproductive health: evidence from the Brong Ahafo region, Ghana
Abubakar A Manu, Chuks Jonathan Mba, Gloria Quansah Asare, Kwasi Odoi-Agyarko, Rexford Kofi Oduro Asante
Provider attitudes about childbearing and knowledge of safer conception at two HIV clinics in Malawi
Paul Kawale, Deborah Mindry, Ann Phoya, Perry Jansen, Risa M Hoffman
UNICEF report Generation 2030 Africa calls upon investing in and empowering girls and young women
Danzhen You, Lucia Hug, David Anthony
Awareness of female students attending higher educational institutions toward legalization of safe abortion and associated factors, Harari Region, Eastern Ethiopia: a cross sectional study
Ayele Geleto, Jote Markos
Ante natal care (ANC) utilization, dietary practices and nutritional outcomes in pregnant and recently delivered women in urban slums of Delhi, India: an exploratory cross-sectional study
Suparna Ghosh-Jerath, Niveditha Devasenapathy, Archna Singh, Anuraj Shankar, Sanjay Zodpey
An exploratory study of what happens to women who are denied abortions in Cape Town, South Africa
Jane Harries, Caitlin Gerdts, Mariette Momberg, Diana Greene Foster
Unsafe abortion requiring hospital admission in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea - a descriptive study of women’s and health care workers’ experiences
Lisa M Vallely, Primrose Homiehombo, Angela Kelly-Hanku, Andrea Whittaker
Male partners’ perceptions of maternal near miss obstetric morbidity experienced by their spouses
Scovia N Mbalinda, Annettee Nakimuli, Sarah Nakubulwa, Othman Kakaire, Michael O Osinde, Nelson Kakande, Dan K Kaye
Putting menarche and girls into the global population health agenda
Marni Sommer, Carla Sutherland, Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli
Assessing predictors of contraceptive use and demand for family planning services in underserved areas of Punjab province in Pakistan: results of a cross-sectional baseline survey
Syed Khurram Azmat, Moazzam Ali, Muhammad Ishaque, Ghulam Mustafa, Waqas Hameed, Omar Farooq Khan, Ghazunfer Abbas, Marleen Temmerman, Erik Munroe
A promising device to save maternal lives associated with obstetric hemorrhage: the non-pneumatic anti-shock garment (NASG)
Suellen Miller, José M Belizán
Optimizing the delivery of contraceptives in low- and middle-income countries through task shifting: a systematic review of effectiveness and safety
Stephanie Polus, Simon Lewin, Claire Glenton, Priya M Lerberg, Eva Rehfuess, A Metin Gülmezoglu
Non-pneumatic anti-shock garment for improving maternal survival following severe postpartum haemorrhage: a systematic review
Cynthia Pileggi-Castro, Vicky Nogueira-Pileggi, Özge Tunçalp, Olufemi Taiwo Oladapo, Joshua Peter Vogel, João Paulo Souza
Spatial and socio-demographic determinants of contraceptive use in the Upper East region of Ghana
Fabian Sebastian Achana, Ayaga A Bawah, Elizabeth F Jackson, Paul Welaga, Timothy Awine, Eric Asuo-Mante, Abraham Oduro, John Koku Awoonor-Williams, James F Phillips
Availability, utilisation and quality of maternal and neonatal health care services in Karamoja region, Uganda: a health facility-based survey
Calistus Wilunda, Koyejo Oyerinde, Giovanni Putoto, Peter Lochoro, Giovanni Dall’Oglio, Fabio Manenti, Giulia Segafredo, Andrea Atzori, Bart Criel, Alessio Panza, Gianluca Quaglio
The effect of mass media campaign on Men’s participation in maternal health: a cross-sectional study in Malawi
Collins Zamawe, Masford Banda, Albert Dube
Contraceptive preferences and use among auto artisanal workers in the informal sector of Kumasi, Ghana: a discrete choice experiment
Peter Agyei-Baffour, Mary Yaa Boahemaa, Ernestine A Addy
Status of respectful and non-abusive care during facility-based childbirth in a hospital and health centers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Anteneh Asefa, Delayehu Bekele
Burden of intimate partner violence in The Gambia - a cross sectional study of pregnant women
Patrick Idoko, Emmanuel Ogbe, Oley Jallow, Amaka Ocheke
Understanding sexual and reproductive health needs of adolescents: evidence from a formative evaluation in Wakiso district, Uganda
Lynn M Atuyambe, Simon P S Kibira, Justine Bukenya, Christine Muhumuza, Rebecca R Apolot, Edgar Mulogo
Influence of a husband’s healthcare decision making role on a woman’s intention to use contraceptives among Mozambican women
Ramos Mboane, Madhav P Bhatta
Report of a successful ongoing pregnancy as a result of IMSI with assisted oocyte activation
Bogdan Doroftei, Mihaela Zlei, Gabriela Simionescu, Radu Maftei, Simona Cumpata, Geraldine Emerson
Challenges associated with tracking resources allocation for reproductive health in sub-Saharan African countries: the UNFPA/NIDI resource flows project experience
Estelle M Sidze, Erik Beekink, Beatrice W Maina
Utilization of contraceptives by persons living with HIV in Eastern Uganda: a cross sectional study
Richard Ekorinyang
Family planning use among women living with HIV: knowing HIV positive status helps - results from a national survey
Dereje Habte, Jane Namasasu
Determinants of unmet need for family planning among currently married women in Dangila town administration, Awi Zone, Amhara regional state; a cross sectional study
Ewnetu Genet, Gedefaw Abeje, Tadese Ejigu
Oral contraceptives and antibiotics. A cross-sectional study about patients’ knowledge in general practice
Kathryn Hoffmann, Aaron George, Lukas Heschl, Anna Katharina Leifheit, Manfred Maier
Birth preparedness and complication readiness among recently delivered women in chamwino district, central Tanzania: a cross sectional study
Deogratius Bintabara, Mohamed A. Mohamed, Janneth Mghamba, Peter Wasswa, Rose N.M Mpembeni
Changes in receptivity epithelial cell markers of endometrium after ovarian stimulation treatments: its role during implantation window
Francisco J. Valdez-Morales, Armando Gamboa-Domínguez, Victor S. Vital-Reyes, Juan C. Hinojosa Cruz, Jesús Chimal-Monroy, Yanira Franco-Murillo, Marco Cerbón
Respectful maternal and newborn care: building a common agenda
Emma Sacks, Mary V. Kinney
Prevalence and predictors of sexual violence among commercial sex workers in Northern Ethiopia
Mussie Alemayehu, Gebregizabeher Yohannes, Ashenafi Damte, Atsede Fantahun, Kahsu Gebrekirstos, Resom Tsegay, Adina Goldberger, Henock Yebyo
WHO Better Outcomes in Labour Difficulty (BOLD) project: innovating to improve quality of care around the time of childbirth
Olufemi T Oladapo, João Paulo Souza, Meghan A Bohren, Özge Tunçalp, Joshua P Vogel, Bukola Fawole, Kidza Mugerwa, A Metin Gülmezoglu
The development of a Simplified, Effective, Labour Monitoring-to-Action (SELMA) tool for Better Outcomes in Labour Difficulty (BOLD): study protocol
João Paulo Souza, Olufemi T Oladapo, Meghan A Bohren, Kidza Mugerwa, Bukola Fawole, Leonardo Moscovici, Domingos Alves, Gleici Perdona, Livia Oliveira-Ciabati, Joshua P Vogel, Özge Tunçalp, Jim Zhang, Justus Hofmeyr, Rajiv Bahl, A Metin Gülmezoglu
Formative research and development of innovative tools for “Better Outcomes in Labour Difficulty” (BOLD): study protocol
Meghan A Bohren, Olufemi T Oladapo, Özge Tunçalp, Melanie Wendland, Joshua P Vogel, Mari Tikkanen, Bukola Fawole, Kidza Mugerwa, João Paulo Souza, Rajiv Bahl, A. Metin Gülmezoglu
Induced abortion in villages of Ballabgarh HDSS: rates, trends, causes and determinants
Shashi Kant, Rahul Srivastava, Sanjay Kumar Rai, Puneet Misra, Lena Charlette, Chandrakant S. Pandav
Comparative prospective study of 2 ovarian stimulation protocols in poor responders: effect on implantation rate and ongoing pregnancy
Philippe Merviel, Rosalie Cabry-Goubet, Emmanuelle Lourdel, Aviva Devaux, Naima Belhadri-Mansouri, Henri Copin, Moncef Benkhalifa
Women living with HIV/AIDS (WLHA), battling stigma, discrimination and denial and the role of support groups as a coping strategy: a review of literature
Vikas Paudel, Kedar P Baral
Research results from a registry supporting efforts to improve maternal and child health in low and middle income countries
Robert L. Goldenberg, Elizabeth M. McClure, Carl L. Bose, Alan H. Jobe, José M Belizán
Critical maternal health knowledge gaps in low- and middle-income countries for the post-2015 era
Tamil Kendall, Ana Langer
The true cost of maternal death: individual tragedy impacts family, community and nations
Suellen Miller, José M Belizán
What is the optimal rate of caesarean section at population level? A systematic review of ecologic studies
Ana Pilar Betran, Maria Regina Torloni, Jun Zhang, Jiangfeng Ye, Rafael Mikolajczyk, Catherine Deneux-Tharaux, Olufemi Taiwo Oladapo, João Paulo Souza, Özge Tunçalp, Joshua Peter Vogel, Ahmet Metin Gülmezoglu
The discourses on induced abortion in Ugandan daily newspapers: a discourse analysis
Sofia Larsson, Miriam Eliasson, Marie Klingberg Allvin, Elisabeth Faxelid, Lynn Atuyambe, Sara Fritzell
Healthcare service providers’ and facility administrators’ perspectives of the free maternal healthcare services policy in Malindi District, Kenya: a qualitative study
Evaline Lang’at, Lillian Mwanri
How women are treated during facility-based childbirth: development and validation of measurement tools in four countries – phase 1 formative research study protocol
Joshua P. Vogel, Meghan A. Bohren, Özge Tunçalp, Olufemi T. Oladapo, Richard M. Adanu, Mamadou Diouldé Baldé, Thae Maung Maung, Bukola Fawole, Kwame Adu-Bonsaffoh, Phyllis Dako-Gyeke, Ernest Tei Maya, Mohamed Campell Camara, Alfa Boubacar Diallo, Safiatou Diallo, Khin Thet Wai, Theingi Myint, Lanre Olutayo, Musibau Titiloye, Frank Alu, Hadiza Idris, Metin A. Gülmezoglu
Improving access to skilled facility-based delivery services: Women’s beliefs on facilitators and barriers to the utilisation of maternity waiting homes in rural Zambia
Cephas Sialubanje, Karlijn Massar, Marit S. G. van der Pijl, Elisa Maria Kirch, Davidson H. Hamer, Robert A. C. Ruiter
Development and initial validation of a fertility experiences questionnaire
F. Scarlett Thomas, Joseph B. Stanford, Jessica N. Sanders, Shawn E. Gurtcheff, Mark Gibson, Christina A. Porucznik, Sara E. Simonsen
Exposure to family planning messages and modern contraceptive use among men in urban Kenya, Nigeria, and Senegal: a cross-sectional study
Chinelo C. Okigbo, Ilene S. Speizer, Meghan Corroon, Abdou Gueye
Sexual and Reproductive Health Research and Research Capacity Strengthening in Africa: Perspectives from the region
Richard Adanu, Michael T. Mbizvo, Adama Baguiya, Vincent Adam, Beyene W. Ademe, Augustine Ankomah, Godwin N. Aja, Ademola J. Ajuwon, Olapeju A. Esimai, Taofeek Ibrahim, Dintle K. Mogobe, Özge Tunçalp, Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli, Marleen Temmerman
Electromagnetic radiation at 900 MHz induces sperm apoptosis through bcl-2, bax and caspase-3 signaling pathways in rats
Qi Liu, Tianlei Si, Xiaoyun Xu, Fuqiang Liang, Lufeng Wang, Siyi Pan
Diuretics vs. placebo for postpartum blood pressure control in preeclampsia (DIUPRE): a randomized clinical trial
Telma Cursino, Leila Katz, Isabela Coutinho, Melania Amorim
Adolescent/Youth Reproductive Mobile Access and Delivery Initiative for Love and Life Outcomes (ARMADILLO) Study: formative protocol for mHealth platform development and piloting
Lianne Gonsalves, Kelly L. L’Engle, Tigest Tamrat, Kate F. Plourde, Emily R. Mangone, Smisha Agarwal, Lale Say, Michelle J. Hindin
A comparative study on the availability of modern contraceptives in public and private health facilities in a peri-urban community in Ghana
Kwame K. Adjei, Amos K Laar, Clement T. Narh, Martha A. Abdulai, Sam Newton, Seth Owusu-Agyei, Sam Adjei
Fertility desire and associated factors among clients on highly active antiretroviral treatment at finoteselam hospital Northwest Ethiopia: a cross sectional study
Fassika Abbawa, Worku Awoke, Yayehirad Alemu
Socio-cultural factors, gender roles and religious ideologies contributing to Caesarian-section refusal in Nigeria
Nnanna U. Ugwu, Bregje de Kok
Interpersonal communication as an agent of normative influence: a mixed method study among the urban poor in India
Rajiv N. Rimal, Pooja Sripad, Ilene S. Speizer, Lisa M. Calhoun
Demographic and obstetric factors affecting women’s sexual functioning during pregnancy
Kobra Abouzari-Gazafroodi, Fatemeh Najafi, Ehsan Kazemnejad, Parvin Rahnama, Ali Montazeri
Influence of parental factors on adolescents’ transition to first sexual intercourse in Nairobi, Kenya: a longitudinal study
Chinelo C. Okigbo, Caroline W. Kabiru, Joyce N. Mumah, Sanyu A. Mojola, Donatien Beguy
Determinants of utilisation of antenatal care and skilled birth attendant at delivery in South West Shoa Zone, Ethiopia: a cross sectional study
Calistus Wilunda, Gianluca Quaglio, Giovanni Putoto, Risa Takahashi, Federico Calia, Desalegn Abebe, Fabio Manenti, Donata Dalla Riva, Ana Pilar Betrán, Andrea Atzori
Self-reported postpartum morbidity: prevalence and determinants among women in Marrakesh, Morocco
Noureddine Elkhoudri, Hakima Amor, Abdellatif Baali
Demand for long acting contraceptive methods among married HIV positive women attending care at public health facilities at Bahir Dar City, Northwest Ethiopia
Abebaw Addis Gelagay, Digsu Negese Koye, Hedija Yenus Yeshita
A cross-sectional study to explore postgraduate students’ understanding of and beliefs about sexual and reproductive health in a public university, Malaysia
Shahla Soleymani, Hejar Abdul Rahman, Rampal Lekhraj, Nor Afiah Mohd Zulkefli, Nasrin Matinnia
Domestic violence against women and associated factors in Ethiopia; systematic review
Agumasie Semahegn, Bezatu Mengistie
Sexual and reproductive health beliefs and practices of female immigrants in Spain: a qualitative study
Carmen Alvarez-Nieto, Guadalupe Pastor-Moreno, María Luisa Grande-Gascón, Manuel Linares-Abad
Research priorities on ending child marriage and supporting married girls
Joar Svanemyr, Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli, Anita Raj, Ellen Travers, Lakshmi Sundaram
Documentation status of the modified World Health Organization partograph in public health institutions of Bale zone, Ethiopia
Desalegn Markos, Daniel Bogale
Characteristics, risk behaviors and factors associated with abortion among female entertainment workers in Cambodia
Heng Sopheab, Sovannary Tuot, Chhorvann Chhea, Pamina Gorbach
Characteristics of youth sexual and reproductive health and risky behaviors in two rural provinces of Cambodia
Jaime R Lopez, Pamela E Mukaire, Ronald H Mataya
Effects of peer education intervention on HIV/AIDS related sexual behaviors of secondary school students in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a quasi-experimental study
Takele Menna, Ahmed Ali, Alemayehu Worku
Optimal cutoff value of basal anti-mullerian hormone in iranian infertile women for prediction of ovarian hyper-stimulation syndrome and poor response to stimulation
Malek Mansour Aghssa, Azam Manshadi Tarafdari, Ensieh Shahrokh Tehraninejad, Mohammad Ezzati, Maryam Bagheri, Zahra Panahi, Saeed Mahdavi, Mehrshad Abbasi
Assessment of exposure to sexually explicit materials and factors associated with exposure among preparatory school youths in Hawassa City, Southern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional institution based survey
Tony Habesha, Zewdie Aderaw, Serawit Lakew
Measuring abortion-related mortality: challenges and opportunities
Caitlin Gerdts, Ozge Tunçalp, Heidi Johnston, Bela Ganatra
Assessment of quality of antenatal care services in Nigeria: evidence from a population-based survey
Adeniyi Francis Fagbamigbe, Erhabor Sunday Idemudia
Reproductive practices by patterns of marriage among Iranian women: study protocol for an explanatory sequential mixed methods design
Ziba Taghizadeh, Abouali Vedadhir, Fereshteh Behmanesh, Abbas Ebadi, Abulghasem Pourreza, Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi
Documenting good practices: scaling up the youth friendly health service model in Colombia
Silvia Huaynoca, Joar Svanemyr, Venkatraman C. Chandra-Mouli, Diva Jeaneth Moreno Lopez
Assessing the knowledge, attitude and practice of family planning among women living in the Mbouda health district, Cameroon
Jobert Richie N. Nansseu, Emmanuel Choffor Nchinda, Jean-Claude Katte, Fatima M. Nchagnouot, Guylaine D. Nguetsa
‘What men don’t know can hurt women’s health’: a qualitative study of the barriers to and opportunities for men’s involvement in maternal healthcare in Ghana
John Kuumuori Ganle, Isaac Dery
Contraceptive use following spontaneous and induced abortion and its association with family planning services in primary health care: results from a Brazilian longitudinal study
Ana Luiza Vilela Borges, Funmilola OlaOlorun, Elizabeth Fujimori, Luiza Akiko Komura Hoga, Amy Ong Tsui
Official invitation letters to promote male partner attendance and couple voluntary HIV counselling and testing in antenatal care: an implementation study in Mbeya Region, Tanzania
Laura F. Jefferys, Philo Nchimbi, Paulina Mbezi, Julius Sewangi, Stefanie Theuring
Correlates of ever had sex among perinatally HIV-infected adolescents in Uganda
Scovia Nalugo Mbalinda, Noah Kiwanuka, Lars E. Eriksson, Rhoda K. Wanyenze, Dan Kabonge Kaye
How prepared are young, rural women in India to address their sexual and reproductive health needs? a cross-sectional assessment of youth in Jharkhand
Sushanta K. Banerjee, Kathryn L. Andersen, Janardan Warvadekar, Paramita Aich, Amit Rawat, Bimla Upadhyay
Assessing youth-friendly-health-services and supporting planning in the Republic of Moldova
Susanne Carai, Stela Bivol, Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli
Prevalence of antenatal depression and associated factors among pregnant women in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
Abera Biratu, Demewoz Haile
Behaviour change techniques and contraceptive use in low and middle income countries: a review
Mwelwa Phiri, R. King, J. N. Newell
Prevalence and characteristics of intended adolescent pregnancy: an analysis of the Canadian maternity experiences survey
Vineeth S. Sekharan, Theresa H. M. Kim, Elizaveta Oulman, Hala Tamim
Intimate partner violence and termination of pregnancy: a cross-sectional study of married Bangladeshi women
Mosfequr Rahman
Infrastructural challenges to better health in maternity facilities in rural Kenya: community and healthworker perceptions
Hildah Essendi, Fiifi Amoako Johnson, Nyovani Madise, Zoe Matthews, Jane Falkingham, Abubakr S Bahaj, Patrick James, Luke Blunden
Expanding availability of safe abortion services through private sector accreditation: a case study of the Yukti Yojana program in Bihar, India
Sushanta Kumar Banerjee, Kathryn Louise Andersen, Deepa Navin, Garima Mathias
The influence of perceived behaviour control, attitude and empowerment on reported condom use and intention to use condoms among adolescents in rural Tanzania
Albino Kalolo, Stephen Matthew Kibusi
“Once you join the streets you will have to do it”: sexual practices of street children and youth in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya
Lonnie Embleton, Juddy Wachira, Allan Kamanda, Violet Naanyu, Susanna Winston, David Ayuku, Paula Braitstein
Factors associated with early resumption of sexual intercourse among postnatal women in Uganda
Alice C. Alum, Irene B. Kizza, Charles P. Osingada, Godfrey Katende, Dan K. Kaye
Factors influencing the care provided for periviable babies in Australia: a narrative review
Susan Ireland, Robin Ray, Sarah Larkins, Lynn Woodward
Predictors of skilled assistance seeking behavior to pregnancy complications among women at southwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional community based study
Serawit Lakew, Erdaw Tachbele, Terefe Gelibo
Perceptions and experiences of adolescents, parents and school administrators regarding adolescent-parent communication on sexual and reproductive health issues in urban and rural Uganda
Wilson Winstons Muhwezi, Anne Ruhweza Katahoire, Cecily Banura, Herbert Mugooda, Doris Kwesiga, Sheri Bastien, Knut-Inge Klepp
Adolescent health experience after abortion or delivery (AHEAD) trial: formative protocol for intervention development to prevent rapid, repeat pregnancy
Michelle J. Hindin, Maria I. Rodriguez, Lianne Gonsalves, Lale Say
Assessment of the safety of antimalarial drug use during early pregnancy (ASAP): protocol for a multicenter prospective cohort study in Burkina Faso, Kenya and Mozambique
Halidou Tinto, Esperança Sevene, Stephanie Dellicour, Gregory S. Calip, Umberto d’Alessandro, Eusébio Macete, Seydou Nakanabo-Diallo, Adama Kazienga, Innocent Valea, Hermann Sorgho, Anifa Valá, Orvalho Augusto, Maria Ruperez, Clara Menendez, Peter Ouma, Meghna Desai, Feiko Ter Kuile, Andy Stergachis
Ovarian stimulation with human and recombinant gonadotropin – comparison of in vitro fertilization efficiency with use of time-lapse monitoring
Artur Wdowiak, Iwona Bojar
A multicentre randomized controlled trial of gentle assisted pushing in the upright posture (GAP) or upright posture alone compared with routine practice to reduce prolonged second stage of labour (the Gentle Assisted Pushing study): study protocol
G. Justus Hofmeyr, Mandisa Singata, Theresa Lawrie, Joshua P. Vogel, Sihem Landoulsi, Armando H. Seuc, A. Metin Gülmezoglu
Beyond repair - family and community reintegration after obstetric fistula surgery: study protocol
Josaphat Byamugisha, Alison El Ayadi, Susan Obore, Haruna Mwanje, Othman Kakaire, Justus Barageine, Felicia Lester, Elizabeth Butrick, Abner Korn, Hadija Nalubwama, Sharon Knight, Suellen Miller
Women’s experiences of ovulation testing: a qualitative analysis
Georgina Jones, Jill Carlton, Sarah Weddell, Sarah Johnson, William L. Ledger
Socio-cultural and economic factors influencing adolescents’ resilience against the threat of teenage pregnancy: a cross-sectional survey in Accra, Ghana
Collins K Ahorlu, Constanze Pfeiffer, Brigit Obrist
Prevalence and outcome of teenage hospital births at the buea health district, South West Region, Cameroon
Thomas Obinchemti Egbe, Amadeus Omeichu, Gregory Edie Halle-Ekane, Charlotte Nguefack Tchente, Eta-Nkongho Egbe, Jean-Francois Oury
Improving adolescent sexual and reproductive health in Latin America: reflections from an International Congress
Kathya Córdova Pozo, Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli, Peter Decat, Erica Nelson, Sara De Meyer, Lina Jaruseviciene, Bernardo Vega, Zoyla Segura, Nancy Auquilla, Arnold Hagens, Dirk Van Braeckel, Kristien Michielsen
Drivers of facility deliveries in Africa and Asia: regional analyses using the demographic and health surveys
Nadia Diamond-Smith, May Sudhinaraset
Safe and efficacious artemisinin-based combination treatments for African pregnant women with malaria: a multicentre randomized control trial
Michael Nambozi, Modest Mulenga, Tinto Halidou, Harry Tagbor, Victor Mwapasa, Linda Kalilani Phiri, Gertrude Kalanda, Innocent Valea, Maminata Traore, David Mwakazanga, Yves Claeys, Céline Schurmans, Maaike De Crop, Joris Menten, Raffaella Ravinetto, Kamala Thriemer, Jean-Pierre Van geertruyden, Theonest Mutabingwa, Umberto D’Alessandro
Descriptive study of the role of household type and household composition on women’s reproductive health outcomes in urban Uttar Pradesh, India
Ilene S Speizer, Peter Lance, Ravi Verma, Aimee Benson
A case–control observational study of insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome among the four phenotypes of polycystic ovary syndrome based on Rotterdam criteria
Avin S Jamil, Shahla K Alalaf, Namir G Al-Tawil, Talha Al-Shawaf
A cross sectional study on fertility knowledge in Japan, measured with the Japanese version of Cardiff Fertility Knowledge Scale (CFKS-J)
Eri Maeda, Hiroki Sugimori, Fumiaki Nakamura, Yasuki Kobayashi, Joseph Green, Machi Suka, Masako Okamoto, Jacky Boivin, Hidekazu Saito
Comparing effectiveness of two client follow-up approaches in sustaining the use of Long Acting Reversible Contraceptives (LARC) among the underserved in rural Punjab, Pakistan: a study protocol and participants’ profile
Syed Khurram Azmat, Waqas Hameed, Moazzam Ali, Muhammad Ishaque, Ghulam Mustafa, Omar Farooq Khan, Ghazunfer Abbas, Erik Munroe
Programa Geração Biz, Mozambique: how did this adolescent health initiative grow from a pilot to a national programme, and what did it achieve?
Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli, Susannah Gibbs, Rita Badiani, Fernandes Quinhas, Joar Svanemyr
Adolescent first births in East Africa: disaggregating characteristics, trends and determinants
Sarah E Neal, Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli, Doris Chou
Acknowledgement of manuscript reviewers 2014
José M Belizán, Sunni Mumford