In July 2012, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, more than 35 obstetrician/gynecologists, nursemidwives and public health professionals working in Africa recommitted to and reinvigorated their efforts towards achieving Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 5 at a Regional Experts’ Summit. During the weeklong conference convened to explore the myriad factors contributing to maternal mortality in the 12 Afr...

BACKGROUND Gynecological and early pregnancy complaints (GEPC)/lower abdominal complaints (LAC) are common in female patients seeking medical advice or treatments. Clinical limitations of GEPC or LAC are better resolved through appropriate laboratory and imaging investigation, among which the ultrasound examination (USS) is one. AIM To determine the distribution/clinical pattern of female pat...

A method is reported by which the "in utero" crownrump length of the fetus may be determined by sonar in the first trimester of pregnancy. The accuracy of the technique was assessed by comparing the sonar and the direct postabortum measurements of fetuses in cases of missed abortion. A normal curve of fetal crown-rump length was derived from 214 examinations on 80 patients and by using these va...