A growing recognition that population dynamics, quality of life and women's status are closely inter related argues strongly for a fresh look at India's population program.

In the last decade, several international and national movements have focused their attention, on the long neglected areas of women's reproductive health.

The Indian family welfare program is a centrally sponsored scheme, implemented by the State governments within the framework of elaborate guidelines and norms developed by the Central Government.

There is a growing recognition that gynaecological morbidity is an important health problem among poor women in India.