Following the International Population and Development Conference in Cairo, there is widespread consensus in the international community that family planning programs must be people-centered, and further, that family planning programs should focus not just on contraception per se,but on the repro

In most of the rural areas in India, bringing humanity to the light of day is collectively and deftly managed by the dai along with other experienced women and the laboring woman herself.

A lady in yellow suit entered the house to see the newly wed bride and the bride was tactfully instructed by the grand lady of the house to leave the place, so as to avoid the shadow of the lady. The visitor was sent back without giving a chance to interact with bride.

Breastfeeding and lactational amenorrhoea play a unique role in child health, birth spacing and fertility regulation.

Childbirth is a normal physiological process, which can become pathological due to the adoption of certain practices and consequently affect the health and survival of the newborn.

After Ritter and Hinkelmann, Kirk and his Colleagues Kirk also reported that in matings where the father is in-compatible with the mother with respect to the ABO groups, the children show a higher frequency of the Hp1 gene.

As in many other countries, there are traditional beliefs in India regarding specific food items a pregnant woman should or should not eat during pregnancy and about the proper amount of food desirable for a pregnant woman
for successful reproductive outcome.

The international Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), convened in Cairo in September 1994 under the auspices of the Unite Nations, has changed the focus of family planning programs forever.

Most people in India are now aware that the country's population is growing rapidly, and appreciate the need for controlling its rate of growth.