On the occasion of World Contraception Day, observed on September 26, doctors said that the day centers around a vision where every pregnancy is wanted, with a goal of enabling young people to make informed choices on their sexual and reproductive health.
The Aurangabad Municipal Corporation Reproductive and Child Health (RCH) Programme officer, Neeta Padalkar, said, "Pregnancies among the city's unwed young women reportedly shoot up between 30-50% in the three months after the Navaratra period. Source: The Times of India Read more
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When it comes to women’s health, the immediate problems that come to mind are breast cancer, depression and heart disease. Unwittingly terming it as a trivial problem, anaemic condition has been ignored. But the fact remains that a severe case of anaemia could prove to be fatal.
Anaemia occurs when there is a shortage in the number of healthy red blood cells (RBCs) in the body. Since RBCs are the cells that transport oxygen through the body, a shortage in their count becomes a cause for concern. Anaemia can be detected by a decrease in the haemoglobin (Hb) count in the blood. Source: The Hindu Read more It is difficult to counsel teenagers, seeking answers to their reproductive and sexual health queries in the middle of a chaotic and hobnobbed room, full of patients suffering from other diseases. The poor location of these clinics and presence of other patients, makes counselling sessions impossible.
Two adolescent clinics under Adolescent Health and Reproductive Health (ARSH) scheme were opened at Government Women Hospital (GWH) and SPG Divisional Hospital. However, lack of privacy in these clinics and improper infrastructure makes them a less visited place for youngsters seeking counselling regarding reproductive health. Source: The Times of India Read more_ Health activists have appreciated the Parliamentary Standing Committee’s report on the “Alleged Irregularities in the Conduct of Studies Using Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) Vaccine by PATH in India.” They commended “its candid, transparent contents, which reflect the committee’s acknowledgement of the unethical nature of the HPV trials’’ conducted in the country.
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