Title: Women and infertility in Sub-Saharan Africa :
Authors: Boerma, J. T.; Mgalla, Zaida.
Date: 2001
Publisher: KIT Press, Royal Tropical Institute,
Physical description: 285 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language: English
LC classification: R
Contents: Levels and trends in infertility in sub-Saharan Africa / Ulla Larsen and Han Raggers -- Role of reproductive tract infections / Philippe Mayaud -- Caesarean section and infertility : a case-control study from Zimbabwe / Xavier De Muylder, Pierre Buekens and Bruno Dujardin -- Modelling the dramatic decline of primary infertility in sub-Saharan Africa / Richard G. White [and others] -- Primary and secondary infertility in Central African Republic / Ulla Larsen -- Associations between female infertility, HIV and sexual behaviour in rural Tanzania / J. Ties Boerma and Mark Urassa -- Discourse of infertility in Tanzania / Zaida Mgalla and J. Ties Boerma -- 'No child to send' : context and consequences of female infertility in northwest Tanzania / Marjolein Gijsels, Zaida Mgalla and Lilian Wambura -- Mchango, menses and the quality of eggs : women's perceptions of fertility risks / Denise M. Roth Allen -- Traditional healers, STDs and infertility in northwest Tanzania / Robert Pool and Ndatulu Robert Washija -- Health and traditional care for infertility in the Gambia and Zimbabwe / Johanne Sundby and Aileen Jacobus.
Notes: Half of the chapters were originally presented at a USAID/MEASURE Evaluation/UNAIDS/CDC meeting held in Arlington, Va., Dec. 14-15, 1998.
Subject headings (LCSH): Generative organs, Female--Diseases--Africa, Sub-Saharan.; Human reproduction--Africa, Sub-Saharan.; Infertility, Female--Africa, Sub-Saharan.; Infertility--Africa, Sub-Saharan.; Sexually transmitted diseases--Africa, Sub-Saharan.