Perinatal mortality in Nigeria: do place of delivery and delivery assistants matter? • Oji S Oti, University of Witwatersrand ; Clifford O. Odimegwu, University of the Witwatersrand

Short birth spacing and child mortality in Mozambique • Sandra D. Goncalves, University of Cape Town

Synergy between women’s empowerment and maternal and peri-natal care utilization • Princy Yesudian, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

Socio-cultural factors affecting pregnancy outcomes among the Ibani of Rivers State, Nigeria • Ezebunwa Nwokocha, University of Ibadan