In India, as per census 1981, around 11 million children in the age group 5-14 are in the

Nearly 10 per cent of the women on whom the sub-dermal contraceptive Norplant was experimented cannot be traced. Did these women know that this device had been abandoned in the USA? Did anyone bother to get their informed consent of being experimented on?

Bangladesh, the eighth most populous nation in the world is also one of the poorest with a per capita income of less than US200. Although it enjoys a tropical monsoon climate, it is a country with unique geographic peculiarities, which distinguish it from the rest of the sub-continent.

Fertility behaviour in India, as anywhere else, is subject to socio-economic conditions as well as religious and cultural traditions.

The chapter describes how the women's health programme was initiated, the philosophy and the values that the programme attempted to evoke, the envisioned role of the Women's Health Workers and the kinds of preparation
that needed to be done before the programme could start.

In India, girls are married off at a young age, sometimes as low as 9-11 years.

From May 2, 1992, for one full week the town of Cochin in Kerala will witness the re-enactment of a historical event. The previous performance is said to have been orchestrated by King Dashrath a few thousand years ago.

NORPLANT, an implant which when inserted in a woman's body prevents conception for five years if it is not removed, is to be introduced into the Indian family planning programme in selected centres. This has provoked much debate and not all are happy with this decision.

Pakistan emerged as an independent state on August 14,1947, nearly 45 years ago, when the British presided over the partition of the Indian subcontinent. The country came about as a demand for an independent, Muslim state.