OBJECTIVE : The platform provided by human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination for linked public health interventions to improve cervical cancer prevention remains incompletely explored. The Vaccine And Cervical Cancer Screen ...

INTRODUCTION : Maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response (MPDSR) is an intervention process that uses a continuous cycle of identification, notification and review of deaths to determine avoidable causes ...

BACKGROUND. Despite improvements in obstetrics and neonatal care, the stillbirth rate remains high (23 per 1 000 births) in South Africa (SA). The occurrence of a stillbirth is a dramatic and often life-changing event for ...

BACKGROUND : In South Africa (SA), approximately 16 000 stillbirths occur annually. Most are classified as unexplained and occur in district hospitals. Many of these deaths may be caused by undetected foetal growth ...

Pregestational type 1 (T1DM) and type 2 (T2DM) diabetes mellitus and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) are associated with increased rates of adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes. Adverse outcomes are more common in ...

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Maternal diabetes is associated with pregnancy complications and poses a serious health risk to both mother and child. Growing evidence suggests that pregnancy complications are more frequent and severe in pregnant women ...

BACKGROUND : Ectopic pregnancy after hysterectomy is a rare event. To date there are 73 definitive cases of post-hysterectomy ectopic pregnancy. The first case was reported by Wendler in 1895. CASE : A 31 year old P2G4 ...

Caesarean section rates have increased over the past 30 years and there has been lack of understanding of the drivers of these increased rates. The World Health Organisation has recommended the use of the Robson ten group ...

There is growing concern about rising global caesarean delivery (CD) rates. One of the strategies to overcome this problem is to reduce primary caesarean section. A trial of labour following a previous CD is another option ...