The Current Status of Sexually Transmitted Infections/Reproductive Tract Infections in Vadodara City: Health-care Provider Perspective.

Background: Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and reproductive tract infections (RTIs) are a major public health problem worldwide, affecting the quality of life and causing serious morbidity and mortality. STIs/RTIs have a direct impact on reproductive and child health through infertility, cancers and pregnancy complications, and they have an indirect impact through their role in facilitating the sexual transmission of human immunodeficiency virus.

Objectives: (1) To estimate the number/proportion of cases of STI/RTI being treated by health-care providers.

Incidence of Maternal "Near-Miss" Events in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Central Gujarat, India.

Background: Constant decline in maternal mortality ratio has given rise to the need of a new indicator. This search has motivated investigation of severe maternal morbidity-"maternal near-miss" (MNM) event. World Health Organization (WHO) defines MNM as "a woman who, being close to death, survives a complication that occurred during pregnancy, delivery or up to 42 days after the end of her pregnancy".