The extensive changes that occur in women during pregnancy influence the need for different nutrients and the efficiency with which the body uses them. Brown has indicated that the diet of a pregnant women should provide the vast majority of her nutrient need in required amounts.

The Indonesian Ministry of Health approved the general use of Norplantâ implants in January 1986, and the process of introducing them into the national program was begun in 1987.

Medical termination of pregnancy or MTP is a well-utilized procedure today especially in the urban areas of India. As such, therefore, a large number of women would be involved if post-MTP complications were to occur frequently.

Some ten percent of marriages are said to be infertile. As cures for infertility have had very limited success, methods of artificial conception are fast gaining ground. The use of these methods, however, gives rise to legal and moral issues. P. M.

Research in fertility, preferences, particularly in developing countries, has received considerable attention in recent years because of its relationship with and important bearing on the complex family building processes.

The status of women in many parts of rural India is low. The situation is even worse among tribal communities or primitive societies, which constitute approximately 7.5 percent of the total population of the country [1]. In such

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.

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

Most cultures have systematically denied women an equal and autonomous voice on every issue from the election of public officials to the control of their own bodies and lives. When women have organized or spoken out, a degree of social change has followed.

The present paper discusses the status of tribal women in terms of their demography, health; education and employment. Despite constitutional protection and assurances, even after four and a half decades, their status is