The Copper-IUD -- Cu-T 200 -- is a reliable, safer simple and cost effective method of contraception.

In 1978, the Bangladesh family planning program launched a national program of outreach services that continues to the present. Young married women were hired and trained to visit women in their homes, offer contraceptive services, provide information, and support sustained use over time.

In recent decades, the most common means by which couples regulate fertility have changed from methods requiring control or cooperation by men, e.g., condoms, withdrawal and periodic abstinence, to those for which women bear primary responsibility e.g., virtually all-reversible modern methods.

With the introduction of female condoms that can be used exclusively by women at the time of intercourse, the conventional latex condom, which is worn over the penis, can now be termed as the male condom.

The success of a good planning strategy for the overall development of any society (population) depends upon two main factors.

Sterilization is one of the most popular and widely used methods of contraception in the world today. The family welfare program of the Government of India has relied heavily on sterilization as a birth control method.

It is taking discrimination against women to the womb. It is denying women the right to equality and the right to life on the grounds of gender. It is like telling them that they are not wanted. The issue of female foeticide simply does not shock or disturb anyone any longer.

Dowry has been a widespread social evil among the Hindus. Now it has spread to other communities also such as Muslims and Christians as well. The Parliament passed the Dowry Prohibition Act 1961 with a view of eradicate the rampant evil.

This article is based on the ten-year experience of an operations research project in Bangladesh. It assesses how, and under what circumstances, research-based advice and results of pilot projects contribute to change in large-scale public programs.

Sexual abuse of children is an issue shrouded in ignorance and denial in our country. One of the chief reasons for this conspiracy of silence is the high value, almost idealization, of the family.