Poonam Muttreja
Executive Director, Population Foundation of India
The author is Executive Director, Population Foundation of India. She also serves as a member of the FP2020 Reference Group - a global initiative to develop a new global architecture for increasing access to voluntary family planning services.
By Poonam Muttreja
World Vasectomy Day is observed every year on November 20 to raise awareness on the role of men in family planning and prevent unintended pregnancies.
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Access to essential health services has suffered a major setback, as the focus of India’s public health system shifted to managing and containing the Covid-19 pandemic.
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The fear of contracting coronavirus has kept many young women from accessing health facilities and interacting with frontline health workers on family planning.
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Society should make every effort to create conditions for safe breastfeeding in the best interests of the mother and the child.
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It is time we aborted the stigma associated with sexual health.
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Create a new vocabulary to speak to girls and boys about health, especially women's health and sexuality — shatter gender stereotypes.
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Deaths due to botched-up family planning operations reflect the lack of quality of women's healthcare.
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