Does the emergency obstetric care approach contribute to maternal mortality reduction? An evaluation after five years • Vincent Fauveau, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

Misoprostol in the management of the third stage of labour in the home delivery setting in rural Gambia: a randomised controlled trial • Gijs Walraven, Secretariat de Son Altesse l'Aga Khan ; Jennifer Blum, Population Council ; Yusupha Dampha, Medical Research Laboratories ; Maimuna Sowe, Medical Research Laboratories ; Linda Morison, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine ; Nancy Sloan, Population Council ; Beverly Winikoff, Gynuity Health Projects

Prenatal care, postnatal care and hospital birth in Peru: impact of individual and community characteristics • Vilma Sandoval, CENTRUM

Maternal mortality and access to basic and emergency obstetric care in rural Bangladesh • Greet Dieltiens, Institute of Tropical Medicine ; Carine Ronsmans, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine