In the Maputo Central Hospital 103 women undergoing induced legal abortion (LA), 103 women with confirmed, recent illegal abortion (IA), and 100 randomly recruited antenatal clinic (AC) attenders were compared in order to find characteristic features regarding obstetric history, reproductive...

Maternal mortality is an important indicator used to assess the level of development of a country and particularly the coverage of health services. In Africa where the maternal mortality ratios are about 100 times higher than those of developed countries the situation is even worse due to...

Female genital mutilation (FGM) is known to cause a wide range of immediate and long-term complications for women subjected to the practice. Male complications due to FGM have, however, not been described before. The objectives of this study were to explore male complications and attitudes with...