Trend of female genital mutilation/cutting in Senegal: what can we learn from successive household surveys in sub-Saharan African countries? • Ngianga-Bakwin Kandala, University of Warwick ; Bettina Shell-Duncan, University of Washington

Population estimation for local municipalities in South Africa • Diego Iturralde, Statistics South Africa ; Louis van Tonder, Statistics South Africa ; Sharthi Laldeparsad, Statistics South Africa ; Chantal Munthree, Statistics South Africa

Projection de population des communes en l’absence de données d’état-civil au Burkina Faso • Mahamoudou Kabore, Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INSD)

Regional variations in the use of postnatal care in Nigeria: a spatial analysis • Dorothy N. Ononokpono, University of Uyo ; Ezra Gayawan, Redeemer's University ; Sunday A. Adedini, Obafemi Awolowo University and University of the Witwatersrand