PERU

BRAZIL

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 

Third World women want smaller families

UNFPA to bow out

Double victims

Latur earthquake victims being given false promises

China

SOUTH AFRICA

Family without mother

Protest>> Family Planning • Iran

Religious planning

Shot to birth

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

CHINA

Showing the way

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

UNITED NATIONS

Contraceptive chaos

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

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

Marginal improvement in rural women’s education, finds NFHS-5

Social, cultural stigmas reasons for lack of improvement 

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

Guidelines released for evaluation of nano drugs

Nano-pharmaceuticals are expected to be of great use particularly in cancer treatment

India still has a high rate of malnutrition, reveals new National Health Survey

West Bengal has more wasted children than a decade ago