Priority strategies for India’s family planning programme.
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2014-11
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Strategies to accelerate progress of India’s family planning programme are discussed and the importance of improving the quality and reach of services to address unmet contraceptive need by providing method choice is emphasized. Although there is a growing demand for both limiting and spacing births, female sterilisation, is the dominant method in the national programme and use of spacing methods remains very limited. Fertility decline has been slower in the empowered action group (EAG) states which contribute about 40 per cent of population growth to the country and also depict gloomy statistics for other socio-development indicators. It is, therefore, important to intensify efforts to reduce both fertility and mortality in these states. a rationale has been provided for implementing integrated programmes using a gender lens because the lack of women’s autonomy in reproductive decision-making, compounded by poor male involvement in sexual and reproductive health matters, is a fundamental issue yet to be addressed. The need for collaboration between scientists developing contraceptive technologies and those implementing family planning services is underscored. If contraceptive technologies are developed with an understanding of the contexts in which they will be delivered and an appreciation of end-users’ needs and perspectives, they are more likely to be accepted by service providers and used by clients.
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Contraceptive choice, contraceptive technologies, quality of services, users’ needs
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Pachauri Saroj. Priority strategies for India’s family planning programme. Indian Journal of Medical Research. 2014 Nov ; 140 (1_Suppl):s137-s146.