Copper containing intra-uterine devices versus depot progestogens for contraception

The Millennium Development Goals have drawn attention to the need to reduce unnecessary deaths of children and pregnant women globally. There are several relevant Cochrane reviews and Jini Hetherington from The Cochrane Collaboration Secretariat describes one that has just been prepared by Justus Hofmeyr, Mandisa Singata and Tess Lawrie from the Eastern Cape in South Africa.