In a recent analysis based on the 2008 worldwide estimates of cancer compiled by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC, Lyon, France)1, it was estimated that 529,512 women were diagnosed with cervical cancer corresponding to an age-standardized incidence rate (ASIR) of 15.4/100,000 and 274,967 women died of the disease, with an age-standardized mortality rate (ASMR) of 7.8/100,0...

The annual toll of losses resulting from poor pregnancy outcomes include half a million maternal deaths, more than three million stillbirths, of whom at least one million die during labour and 3.8 million neonatal deaths--up to half on the first day of life. Neonatal deaths account for an increasing proportion of child deaths (now 41%) and must be reduced to achieve Millennium Development Goal ...

BACKGROUND Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is the leading cause of maternal death in low-income countries and is the primary cause of approximately one-quarter of global maternal deaths. The purpose of this paper is to provide a review of PPH prevention interventions, with a particular focus on misoprostol, and the challenges and opportunities that preventing PPH in low-resource settings presents. ...

A chance to train in a low resource setting is a priceless experience for someone who aspires to pursue a career in international health. in recent years the number of US-based medical students undertaking short-term research in lowresource settings has gone up. The paper by Provenzano and others describes specific ethical concerns related to this phenomenon and suggests guidelines medical scho...

Blood screening by NAT for major transfusion transmitted viral infections (TTIs) was originally intended to complement serology for detection of infected donations. Reports from developed countries showed limited marginal value to NAT blood screening in improving blood safety. Reports on NAT results from Europe indicated yield of 1:0.6 million donations for HBV, <1:M for HCV and HIV-1-related t...

If myomectomy during caesarean delivery becomes a widespread practice, it could potentially eliminate multiple surgeries for both indications. However, many surgeons have been reluctant to adopt this policy without conclusive evidence demonstrating its safety. This study reviews the publications on caesarean myomectomy especially from the African Continent with respect to duration of surgery, b...

cervical cancer is the second most common malignant disease of women worldwide, and accounts for about one tenth of the total number of female cancer deaths. Even though uterine cervical cancer has been decreased as a result of widespread use of effective screening tests for premalig-nant lesions in developed countries, the cancer burden such as incidence and mortality is disproportionately hig...

This statement does not change the 2 previous statements on management of the third stage of labor (both available at http://www.figo. org/projects/prevent/pph): ICM/FIGO Joint Statement – Management of the Third Stage of Labour to Prevent Post-partum Haemorrhage [1]; and ICM/FIGO Joint Statement – Prevention and Treatment of Postpartum Haemorrhage: New Advances for Low Resource Settings [2]. T...

Improving access and rational use of essential medicines at all levels of care is a global challenge. Key issues related to the provision and rational use of psychotropic medicines have recently been analysed by Padmanathan et al. who conducted a survey of the psychotropic medicines management cycle in Bihar, the third most populous state of India with approximately 104 million people, of whom ...

This statement does not change the 2 previous statements on management of the third stage of labor (both available at http://www.figo. org/projects/prevent/pph): ICM/FIGO Joint Statement – Management of the Third Stage of Labour to Prevent Post-partum Haemorrhage [1]; and ICM/FIGO Joint Statement – Prevention and Treatment of Postpartum Haemorrhage: New Advances for Low Resource Settings [2]. T...