login
Become a member
Quick Registration
Full Registration Benefits -
Free Homepages for Doctors
Free Homepages for Hospitals
Free Homepages for Medical Conference
Free Homepages for NGO's
Personal Health Record Creation
Access to all Medical Slides
Access to all Jobs & Products Sale
Fertility Rate Drops in Pakistan Due to Contraceptive Awareness
But this trend is more in Punjab than in other provinces.
Women bear much of the brunt of controlling childbirth, either through sterilization or by phasing out conception, reveals Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey (PDHS) 2006-07, Daily Times reported Saturday.
According to the report, half of married women use contraceptive methods and few women know about the use of condoms by males. Female sterilisation is on the rise and 84 percent children are breastfed in the first year of birth, it adds.
The $2.75 million study of 95,000 households was done by the National Institute of Population Studies (NIPS), the research arm of the Population Welfare ministry, funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), to collect reliable estimates on maternal and child health, fertility and care for pregnant women and family planning usage.
The last such survey was done in 1990-91.
Source-IANS
VEN /J
|
|
More News on: Ovulation, Birth Control Pills
 Comment & Contribute
|
Medwonders Health Network
- Health News Index
- News Quick Links
| News Categories: |
| » | 'No Scanty Garbs' Campaign UAE Women |
| » | Asian Casinos Combat Crooks |
| » | Dapper Eyewear Records All Within Sight |
| » | Rock Music at Concerts may Lead to Hearing Problems |
| » | Construction Of 'Intelligent' Robot That Designs Tools on Its Own |
| More Life Style News | |
|
