Kerala sees sharp fall in sex ratio at birth despite being best in overall category

Bihar and Maharashtra are other major states where sex ratio at birth declined 

Birth control pangs

Injectable contraceptives raise alarm

Fertility rate down in most states, NFHS-5 finds

Kerala only state to record increase in fertility rate, phase 1 of survey finds; urban women had lower fertility rate than women in rural areas …

World @ 8 billion: WHO handbook now covers family planning during epidemics, high-risk HIV

Practical measures detailed to support the continuity of family planning services during emergencies

Deadly target

Health experts blame Centre's over-emphasis on women's sterilisation for the Chhattisgarh tragedy

Gender violence drops, but prevalence remains high in bigger states: NFHS-5

Karnataka, Assam and Sikkim registered biggest spike in cases of spousal violence 

SOUTH AFRICA

Third World women want smaller families

UNFPA to bow out

Double victims

Latur earthquake victims being given false promises

China

This week from the world of science and environment

NGOs demanding a ban on oil drilling in Virunga National Park to the new NFHS revealing that many of India's women and children are stillanaemic&…

Community welfare works as a contraceptive

In Pakistan, they are controlling population growth by raising the living standards of local communities through Pasbaan, the social …

CHINA

Family without mother

Protest>> Family Planning • Iran

Religious planning

Shot to birth

A recently-developed Indian birth control vaccine is being debated to death

Showing the way

In the past 15 years, Mexico has halved its birth rate

UNITED NATIONS

Lifting the barriers

Reproductive choice, gender equality and sustainable development are closely connected, say the latest report on the world's population

COVID-19: At least 427 million people go into lockdown in India

No community transmission but national lockdown most essential, says ICMR director-general  

Women to the fore

The International Conference on Population and Development is doing more than just providing lip service to the cause of women

How do Indian states handle cancer screening among women? NFHS-5 data reveals

Cervical, oral and breast cancers are prominent among women. In round 1 of NFHS-5, women aged between 30 and 49 years were asked whether they …

Contraceptive chaos

Copper-T better in emergency, but doctors do not encourage its use

Over 3 lakh pregnancy losses every year linked to polluted air in South Asia

Northern plains region in India and Pakistan most impacted, meeting India’s air quality standard would have reduced loss by 7 per cent&…