It is most usually applied to a female-male couple who wish to limit the number of children they have and/or to control the timing of pregnancy. Family planning may encompass sterilization, as well as abortion. Raising a child means significant investment of a financial, temporal, emotional and physical nature. The purpose of family planning is to ensure that every couple can satisfactorily raise a child without any deficiency of vital resources.
The most common and followed guidelines make sure that the mother as well as the child in question remain healthy and enjoy the facilities they deserve. The age of the mother should be above the legal limit of 18 years. A minimum gap of 2 years should be maintained between consecutive childbirths. In the occurrence if a miscarriage or abortion, a minimum period of 6 months should pass before the couple decides to attempt another pregnancy.
In the case of women who plan to give birth when they are above 35 years of age, there are certain risks, she should be made aware of. The chances of multiple births, a child with autism, Down’s syndrome becomes more prevalent. Gestational Diabetes has a higher chance of developing. Similarly, the amount of time she will have to endure labour increases with age. This might spell trouble for the mother as well as the child.
Contraception, birth control, sterilisation, adoption, abortion are all activities broadly covered by Family Planning.
Tubectomy is the surgical procedure involving cutting of fallopian tubes to prevent conception in women. Standard practice involves use of local anesthesia.
An overview of the challenges that confront health workers when they broach the subject of vasectomy in rural areas.
Family planning is one of the most adversely impacted health services globally during the pandemic, reveals a WHO survey. On World Population Day, experts highlighted the population-related issues facing India, and how the address them.
These innovations are the results of tried-and-tested practices.
More women opt for sterilisation; lesser participation from men in Family Planning, says expert
Men, it's high time to ease your woman of the burden of contraception and take up family planning initiatives on your own
Gracia Raina Foundation (GRF) aims to create awareness about physical to mental health issues among mothers and children.
India needs to significantly increase its budget for family planning if it wants to meet its FP2020 pledge of covering 48 million new users by that year.
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health research suggests that children born into smaller families in the world's poorest nations will live an expected three years longer than those born into larger ones.
Future family planning programmes of India can be affected by health budget cuts
Tips on preparing your child to welcome the new member of the family
Delhi slum dwellers to be more aware about sexual health issues
Tamil Nadu deemed the capital of sterilization deaths
A novel family planning method for women - counting beads
Time limit of abortions increased to nine weeks
NHRC seeks fresh report on birth control surgeries
Tubectomy is the surgical procedure involving cutting of fallopian tubes to prevent conception in women. Standard practice involves use of local anesthesia.
An overview of the challenges that confront health workers when they broach the subject of vasectomy in rural areas.
Family planning is one of the most adversely impacted health services globally during the pandemic, reveals a WHO survey. On World Population Day, experts highlighted the population-related issues facing India, and how the address them.
These innovations are the results of tried-and-tested practices.
More women opt for sterilisation; lesser participation from men in Family Planning, says expert
Men, it's high time to ease your woman of the burden of contraception and take up family planning initiatives on your own
Gracia Raina Foundation (GRF) aims to create awareness about physical to mental health issues among mothers and children.
India needs to significantly increase its budget for family planning if it wants to meet its FP2020 pledge of covering 48 million new users by that year.
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health research suggests that children born into smaller families in the world's poorest nations will live an expected three years longer than those born into larger ones.
Future family planning programmes of India can be affected by health budget cuts
Tips on preparing your child to welcome the new member of the family
Delhi slum dwellers to be more aware about sexual health issues
Tamil Nadu deemed the capital of sterilization deaths
A novel family planning method for women - counting beads
Time limit of abortions increased to nine weeks
NHRC seeks fresh report on birth control surgeries
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