Sexuality, mother-child health and infectious diseases
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Sexuality, mother and child health The main article is on the efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine for the treatment of premature ejaculation. The authors found that traditional Chinese medicine spray (TCMS) was safe and effective for the treatment of premature ejaculation.1 Nigerian authors on the other hand report on the prevalence and factors associated with early sexual debut among secondary school students in South West Nigeria.2 The next two papers from Iran are also on sexuality. Amiri and colleagues describe female sexual outcomes in primiparous women after vaginal delivery and caesarian section;3 while the next paper is on the diagnosis and treatment of unconsummated marriage in an Iranian couple.4 Ethiopian workers present a logistic regression model with complex sampling design of unmet need for family planning among all women aged (15-49) years in Ethiopia.5 On the other hand, Algerian workers report on the contribution of IgG avidity and PCR for the early diagnosis of toxoplasmosis in pregnant women.6 South African workers report on compliance to the consumption of iron and folate supplements by pregnant women in a local community in Mafeking.7 The section ends with determinants of obstetric fistula, that is so rampant in sub Saharan Africa.8
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