family planning

The birth rate hit a record low last year in China, which has a population of 1.4 billion, as fellow Asian giant India outpaced it to become the world's most populous nation.

India has a history of coercive family planning which ignored infertility.

This is provided for eligible women from the B40 and high-risk groups in an effort to promote family planning practices in the country.

The Sarawak government is requesting the federal government to allow local family planning associations in the state to import contraceptive commodities.

The focus has shifted to women in India, with tubal ligation the preferred method of birth control.

China introduced the one-child policy in the late 1970s in a dramatic effort to slow rapid population growth, before reversing it in 2016.

100,000 yen that's the amount of a potential bonus that couples could soon be awarded for the birth of a child in Tokyo.

Its almost as if that healthcare is implicitly and by default treated like a basic human right but housing isn't.

Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Rohani Abdul Karim says access to reproductive health was among the Sustainable Development Goals for the period 2015 to 2030.

Dr Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali believes in sound public health policies, in family planning and in the rights of women and girls, said her daughter Marina Mahathir.

The Turkish President says it is the responsibility of mothers to ensure the continued growth of Turkey's population.

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Easing of China's one-child policy is said to be too late for parents who have lost their only child.

Adult obesity rates reached 9.6 percent in 2012, more than doubling over a decade, the National Health and Family Planning Commission said in a report on national nutrition and chronic diseases.

China is expected to relax its decades-long one-child policy in the first quarter of 2014, said the National Health and Family Planning Commission.

Anfaal Saari emphasises the seriousness of the issue, especially involving children and teenagers under 18 years old.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.

The study aims to assess the safety and initial functionality of its implant which enables people with quadriplegia.

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Spurious liquor is a problem in Laos, with the govts of Australia and Britain warning citizens to be cautious when taking drinks there.

Preliminary post-mortem report reveals that the victim died from chest injuries caused by blunt trauma.

Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim says the collaboration will also leverage the ASEAN Energy Grid to foster regional growth.

Australia plans to trial an age-verification system that may include biometrics or govt identification to enforce social media age cut-off.

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