Reproductive Welfare
Contraceptive counseling: essential checklist for rural outreach
A rural contraceptive counseling visit can fail before the first question is asked. The pills have not reached the sub-centre…
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Reproductive Welfare
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Reproductive Welfare
Erawan Museum tickets: booking paths for RCH delegates
Bangkok’s satellite city of Samut Prakan holds one of the most visually arresting cultural sites in the greater metropolitan…
Reproductive Welfare
Unmet family planning needs: avoiding costly private clinics
Twenty-four million, one hundred ninety-four thousand, four hundred twenty-eight. That is the estimated number of Indian women…
Reproductive Welfare
ASHA delivery vs sub-center visit for contraceptives
A few months ago, a woman in her late twenties came to see me at the sub-centre where I run weekly antenatal and family-planning…
Reproductive Welfare
Sterilization compensation: eligibility and claim rules
The ₹4,00,000 death benefit under India’s Family Planning Indemnity Scheme is one of the largest per-case public health payouts…
Reproductive Welfare
Spacing contraceptives: which government option suits you?
Choosing a contraceptive is rarely a simple matter of selecting a product from a shelf. In a community clinic, I often meet women…
Reproductive Welfare
Free IUCD insertion: avoiding out-of-pocket clinic costs
A copper IUCD can be inserted free of charge at public health facilities in India, including Primary Health Centres and district…
Reproductive Welfare
Antara contraceptive injection safety and availability
Here is the operational truth about the Antara contraceptive injection in India: the supply is free, the molecule is well…
Reproductive Welfare
Family planning method choices in India: comparing options and matching paths to your needs
The latest nationally cited figures on contraception in India, drawn from NFHS-5 fieldwork between 2019 and 2021, show that 37.9%…
Reproductive Welfare
PPIUCD versus Interval IUCD for Post-Delivery Family Planning
By the time I am called to the postpartum ward to discuss contraception, the woman in front of me has already been through…
Reproductive Welfare
Contraceptive prescription traps: avoiding unnecessary tests
A blood-pressure reading is the only mandatory clinical examination before starting combined hormonal contraception. Yet…
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Assessing the Impact of Recent Health Ministry and UNFPA Reproductive Care Reviews
According to sabanew.net, the Health Ministry and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) have reviewed reproductive health…
Reproductive Welfare
Spousal consent for sterilization: is it legally required?
The short answer is no: under India’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare family-planning guidelines, a husband’s consent is…
Reproductive Welfare
Contraceptive spacing methods in India: which is best for you?
Walk into any sub-centre or district hospital clinic in India on a busy Tuesday morning, and the women in the waiting area will…
Reproductive Welfare
Sterilization claim traps that delay payouts in India
The Family Planning Indemnity Scheme sets a 90-day filing window. Missing that window does not necessarily end a claim, but it…
Reproductive Welfare
Unmet contraceptive need: a community access roadmap
India’s unmet need for family planning fell from 12.9% in NFHS-4 to 9.4% in NFHS-5. This is material progress. It is not…
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Bridging the Gap: How India’s JustAsk! Chatbot Supports Youth Reproductive Health
Half of India is under thirty, and in my clinic that statistic is never abstract — it walks in every morning as a teenager…
Reproductive Welfare
Public versus private family planning services in rural India
In one of the smaller Primary Health Centres I rotate through in northern Maharashtra, a woman in her early thirties sits across…