Rural Zulu women's knowledge of and attitudes towards Pap smears and adherence to cervical screening.

Background: Cervical cancer is the most common form of cancer in black women in South Africa and has almost a 60% mortality rate. However, adherence to cervical screening programmes of black women living in rural South Africa is not universal.

Aim: The aim of this study was to gain a better understanding of rural Zulu women's knowledge of and attitudes towards Pap smear tests, and their reasons for participation or non-compliance with cervical screening.

Progestin-based contraceptive on the same day as medical abortion.

Objective: To determine the success rate of medical abortion when a progestin-based contraceptive-either an etonogestrel implant or depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) injection-is given on the same day as mifepristone for medical abortion.

Methods: In a retrospective chart review, data were assessed for women aged 15-49years who underwent medical abortion (≤63days of pregnancy) at two hospitals in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, between August 2013 and July 2014. The women were given oral mifepristone (200mg) and buccal misoprostol (800μg), and received an etonogestrel implant or DMPA injection on the same day as mifepristone.

Diagnosis and management of a ruptured rudimentary horn pregnancy in a low-resource setting.

A 22-year-old woman presented with amenorrhoea, lower abdominal pain and brown vaginal discharge. She was noted to be in hypovolaemic shock with a distended and peritonitic abdomen. On bimanual examination, the uterus was not palpated, the posterior fornix was full and cervical excitation was present.