Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction and overview; 2 Defining reproductive tract infections and other gynaecological morbidities; 3 The social context of gynaecological morbidity: correlates, consequences and health seeking behaviour; 4 Reproductive health: men's roles and men's rights; 5 Study design for the measurement of gynaecological morbidity; 6 Alternatives to community-based study designs for research on women's gynaecological morbidity
7 Community interaction in studies of gynaecological morbidity: experiences in Egypt, India and UgandaEgypt: the Giza reproductive morbidity study; India: the Gadchiroli study of gynaecological diseases; Uganda: the Rakai project; 8 Definitions of clinically diagnosed gynaecological morbidity resulting from reproductive tract infection; 9 Laboratory tests for the detection of reproductive tract infections; 10 Laboratory methods for the diagnosis of reproductive tract infections and selected cond
Summary
Women's reproductive tract infections and other gynaecological disorders, are an enormous global health burden. This significant new book will help focus research in this important though neglected area. The book takes an international perspective and recognises that gathering information in this area in different societies, requires a sensitive, multidisciplinary approach
