What does NFHS-5 tell us about unmet needs in contraception, family planning

Unmet needs of family planning declined in most states and Union territories except Meghalaya

COVID-19: How rise in child marriages impacts economy

The risks associated with child marriage do not end with girls married before 18: It leads to an intergenerational cycle of poverty …

Africa fighting maternal, neonatal mortality with community-level interventions, technology

Sub-Saharan Africa is leveraging emerging technologies to improve access to basic provisions to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality

Making love in the time of radioactivity

The Chernobyl nuclear disaster has not only affected human beings, but has even drastically changed the lives of worms. Scientists have recently …

Persistent poison

Review highlights need to ban organochlorines worldwide

Reproductive crisis? Sperm counts dropping rapidly worldwide

Mean sperm count dropped to 49 million/ml from from 104 million/ml in 46 years

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Cancer drug touted as fertility pill

Cancer drug letrozole is at the centre of a controversy over its being promoted as a fertility enhancer. The Union government has issued notices …

Menstrual Hygiene Day: Why dispelling stigma, promoting hygiene practices need govt intervention

The Rajasthan government allocated Rs 200 crore to Free Medicine Scheme to facilitate dispensation of free sanitary napkins 

Population populism: UP bill should empower, not control people

Solution to population problem lies in ensuring socio-economic development by addressing issues of adolescent sexual and reproductive health, …

Serious flaws in the government’s population control policy

Women fall victim to failed sterilisation, while the government remains unaware of this missing link in population surge

Hidden Hunger: Every second child globally deficient in micronutrients, finds report

56% preschool aged children, 69% non-pregnant women of reproductive age lack in iron, zinc & vit A

World Population Day 2020: Women suffered most as COVID-19 took a toll on reproductive health

Women had to skip abortions, undergo unwanted pregnancies, deliver babies at home and suffer domestic violence

Indigenous hormone kits

Cheap and stable at high temperature

Rahima Moosa: South Africa’s only mother and child hospital is falling apart — a veteran doctor reflects on why

The country’s health ombudsman recently published a shocking investigation into Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital 

NCDs emerge as a major cause for maternal deaths

WHO study says 1 in 4 maternal deaths are caused by pre-existing medical conditions such as diabetes, obesity and HIV

‘Periods don't stop for pandemics, neither should our activism’

Srilekha Chakraborty, the woman behind menstrual health campaign #PeriodsPeCharcha, talks about introducing changes in ways menstrual health is …

Experts call for holistic approach to reproductive healthcare

Urge governments to give women free healthcare to reduce maternal mortality