All the files containing presentations made at the conference are in powerpoint. The contributions in the'News' section are in Word, apart from the powerpoint presentation about Eurocat.

Developing indicators for monitoring reproductive and child health
Introduction to the European Health Monitoring Programme. Jennifer Zeitlin
The Reprostat project. Albrecht Jahn
The CHILD project. Sophie Alexander
The PERISTAT project. Béatrice Blondel

Findings from the PERISTAT perinatal indicators project
The report of this project has now been published in the European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Deriving 'normal birth statistics' from routine data.
Registering Dutch midwifery care: lessons to be learned. Kathy Herschderfer and Marianne Amelink-Verburg, TNO Leiden
Deriving normal birth statistics for England. Mary Grinsted, Department of Health and Rod Gibson, BirthchoiceUK

Reports from other collaborations
MOSAIC
EUROCAT
Surveillance of Cerebral Palsy in Europe
European Union birth cohort

Developing positive measures of health outcome for use in maternity research.
Convened on behalf of the European Perinatal Epidemiology Network and ICM Research Standing Committee by Alison Macfarlane and Jane Sandall.

Overview of common measures used to measure maternal outcomes. Soo Downe
Questioning claims of cross-cultural equivalence. Katerini Storeng
The Labour Agentry Scale: Control in childbirth. Jane Sandall
The Experience of Motherhood Questionnaire: positive and negative aspects of being a mother.  Judith Lumley.
The Mother-generated Index. Andrew Symon
Use of the SF36 to assess postnatal health and well-being: findings from the IMPaCT study. Debra Bick.

Comparison and evaluation of care for migrants and refugees: is there scope for European collaboration?
Introduction by Carolyn Roth