Editorials:

Listening to the people 

2

E Tadesse

Adolescent reproductive health 

3

E Tadesse

Articles

Obstacles to disease control; perception of a community 

4

C R Bandawe

Attitudes to epilepsy in Malawi 

6

G C Chilopora, N M Kayange, M Nyirenda, P K Newman

Monitoring Obstetric practice - where are the patients with obstetric complications? 

9

E Goodburn, W Mulwafu, S M Graham, V Lema, H Damisoni, J Hussein

Caregivers' knowledge and attitude towards HIV testing in chronically ill Malawian Children 

12

V Atkinson, K Phiri, M Mulwafu, S M Graham 

Smear - positive pulmonary tuberculosis in pregnancy in Nsanje 

15

L A Chanyuka, A D Harries, F M Salaniponi

Are bicycles ambulances and community transport plans effective? 

16

K Lungu, V M Kafosa, J Hussein, H Ashwood-Smith

Chronic wounds at queen Elizabeth Central Hospital 

19 

O O Komolafe

Viewpoint

Whence decentralised TB treatment and whither TB control in Malawi 

21

T E Nyirenda, J Kwanjana, M Gondwe, F M Salaniponi

Meeting

Ethical aspects of clinical research in developing countries 

24

J Mfutso-Bengu, t E taylor 

Quarterly Proverb

'Fissi anakana msatsi 

26

T Nyirenda

Quarterly clinic

'Cerebral malaria' 

27-28

L Bwanaisa, E Molyneux, S Rogerson, EBborgstein, K Banda

'Massive splenomegaly' 

27-29

Obituary

Prof. Godfrey Lule Adamson S. Muula 

29 

Current abstracts

Pneumonia in HIV infected children 

30

S M Graham

Project Snapshot

Nutrition outreach project

C. Walford 

32

Letter to the Editor

He Management of sexual assault cases at LCH

A Muula