UNITED NATIONS
Contraceptive chaos
Copper-T better in emergency, but doctors do not encourage its use
Thirteen women die after undergoing sterilisation at government camp in Chhattisgarh
Locals claim negligence as doctors rushed to meet targets
HEALTHY POLICY
AFRICA
Chhattisgarh tribals to get sterilisation facilities after 30 years
Planning Commission asks state to ensure no discrimination
FOLLOW UP
Fresh drive to close gaps on health issues facing women and girls
Local capacities critical to making a difference must be strengthened
Pill on net
The ideal gap
A two-and-a-half-year gap is ideal between births for the health of the babies
World Population Day: call to end India's target-based approach to family planning
Two-child norm is endangering women's lives and skewing sex-ratio, say activists
Women interrupted
Surgical removal of uterus causes unnatural menopause, leads to memory decline
Male birth control options are in development, but a number of barriers still stand in the way
There has not been a new form of male birth control since no-scalpel vasectomy in 1980s
Let’s talk sex
Awareness campaign changes attitude towards sexual health and family planning in Bihar
Birth control pangs
Injectable contraceptives raise alarm
Use of contraceptives in Bihar doubles in 5 years: NFHS-5
Female sterilisation was the most common method of contraception in the state
Out of control
Parts of India still struggle to stabilise population growth
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