Long-term follow-up after quinacrine sterilization in Vietnam. Part II: interim safety analysis.

Objective: To determine the long-term safety of nonsurgical sterilization with quinacrine.

Design: Observational cohort study.

Setting: Rural provinces in northern Vietnam.

Long-term follow-up after quinacrine sterilization in Vietnam. Part I: interim efficacy analysis.

Objective: To determine the long-term efficacy of nonsurgical sterilization with quinacrine.

Design: Observational cohort study.

Setting: Rural provinces in northern Vietnam.

Maternal mortality in Vietnam in 1994-95.

This report presents the first population-based estimates of maternal mortality in Vietnam. All the deaths of women aged 15-49 in 1994-95 in three provinces of Vietnam were identified and classified by cause. Maternal mortality was the fifth most frequent cause of death.

Changes in prostitution and the AIDS epidemic in Thailand.

The HIV/AIDS epidemic which broke out in Thailand 1988 was mainly caused by the widespread patronage of prostitutes. The Thai authorities responded with programmes which encouraged the use of condoms in commercial sex. These programmes were highly successful.