CHAPTER 4

Reproductive Health

CHAPTER AT A GLANCE

Reproductive Health

  • Reproductive health refers to healthy reproductive organs with normal functions.
  • As per World Health Organisation (WHO), reproductive health means a total well-being in physical, emotional, behavioural and social aspects of reproduction.

Reproductive Health—Problems and Strategies

Family planning programmes: They were initiated in 1951.

  • Government of India initiated action plans and programmes like family planning at a national level to attain total reproductive health as a social goal.
  • Improved programmes currently in operation under the popular name ‘Reproductive and Child Health Care (RCH) programmes’.
  • Major tasks of these programmes:
    • Enhancing understanding ...

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