70 YEARS OF THE EAST-AFRICAN MEDICAL JOURNAL TOWARDS SAFE MOTHERHOOD

Obstetrical and gynaecological articles related to safe motherhood pub lished in the East African Medical Journal between 1924 and 1989 were reviewed. A total of 133 topics were published. Out of these, 84 (63.2 %) were obstetrical and 49 (36.8%) gynaecological. Out of the obstetri cal topics, 66 were pregnancy related, 12 were public health and the r est medical topics. A rapid increase in the number of the relevant top ics is seen especially after 1970. This is probably due to the increas e in the number of of obstetricians training locally in the African re gion and the international nature of the Journal during the last two d ecades.