Background The caesarean delivery (CD) rate has risen in most countries over the last decades, but it remains relatively low in the Netherlands. Our objective was to analyse the trends of CD rates in various subgroups of women between 2000 and 2010, and identify the practice pattern that is attributable …

De bevolking van Antwerpen is tussen 2000-2010 gegroeid met maar liefst 7.1%. Opgesplitst naar leeftijd tekenen we de sterkste stijging op bij de 80-plussers, namelijk 32%. Hierna staan de -18-jarigen met een stijging van 12% op de tweede plaats. Deze stijging is vooral te danken aan migratie en het …

After 2001, nine years after the fall of the Taliban, women's socio-economic position in Afghanistan has hardly improved. To this day, women are subjected to many cruelties such as torture and rape. After the Taliban had been defeated in 2001, the total amount of development assistance by the international …