India's family planning program represents one of the earliest and most ambitious efforts in a
developing country to address the issue of high fertility. Despite its more than four decades …

In a study in rural Maharashtra, India, adolescents constituted 13.1% of the 1717 married
women who had an induced abortion during an 18-month period in 1996–1998. The 197 …

This paper draws on findings from a qualitative study of two government hospitals in
Mumbai, India, which aimed to provide a better understanding of the institutional drivers of …

This report examines the role of existing antenatal-care services in promoting institutional
delivery in rural areas. The analysis is based on NFHS-1 results from four Indian states …

South Asia (Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka) is home to 28% of the
world's people and accounts for about a third (30%) of the world's maternal deaths. Thirteen …

The unmet need for contraception is documented as a significant determinant of unintended
pregnancies and high number of induced abortions. The period immediately after an …

Focused on NFHS-1 results from India's four large northern states Uttar Pradesh, Madhya
Pradesh, Bihar, and Rajasthan this analysis shows that variations in utilization of family …

Objective: To explore the context, experiences and pathways of seeking abortion care
among married women in a minority dominated urban slum community in Mumbai city of …

Introduction Induced abortion is the most controversial area of family planning and it is often
the most important method of fertility regulation by a community to control family size …

Objective This study was carried out to explore whether the rates of postabortion adoption of
a contraceptive method, and continuation of contraception over 6 months, differ among …