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There is little information about the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in pregnant women in Mozambique. In Tete, a province in the country's northwest, recent data are not available. However, the province's Directorate of Health reported an antenatal clinic (ANC) attendance rate of nearly 100%. This study set out to assess the prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis (CT), Neisseria gonorrhoeae (G) and syphilis in pregnant women attending urban health centres. It is important to detect these STIs in pregnancy as they are a significant cause of neonatal morbidity and adverse pregnancy outcomes.

The objective of this paper is to find out the effect of certain vaginal practises to HIV acquisition.

This paper aims to assess the sexual and health seeking behaviour related to contraception among high school students in Bosnia (Sarajevo), the FYR of Macedonia (Skopje), and Serbia and Montenegro (Belgrade and Podgorica).

Objective: To assess the effects of HIV infection on morbidity and the needs of infected women for services in the first year postpartum.

This paper discusses barriers and proposed solutions for improved coverage of the PMTCT programme in the Cape Town metropolitan region.

This paper reports on the duration of HIV counselling sessions and the contents and quality of these sessions in an antenatal care facility in Mombasa, Kenya. Implications of inadequate counselling for the effectiveness of PMTCT programmes are discussed

This paper examines the health care responses in Europe on female genital mutilation.