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YEAR: 1992

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Mixed results mark Asian family planning. China and India must increase the

reach of their family-planning programs, reports say.

AUTHORS

Moffett GD 3d

SOURCE

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR. 1992 Sep 15;84(205):5.

ABSTRACT

Western nations view China as a nation that coerces couples to have only 1 child. Yet the average rural family still

has almost 3 children. In India, rapid population growth motivated the government to develop a model plan to limit

very high fertility, but it has not yet executed the plan. Under present conditions, the population growth in India will be

greater than that of China. Nevertheless if China and India do not make considerable strides to improve their family

planning (FP) programs soon, the likelihood of stabilizing the world population at a tolerable level is grim. In fact,

today's population size of 5 billion people could grow 4 times by 2099. In 1971, China began its FP program which

promoted delayed marriage, smaller families, and more contraceptive use, and mean family size fell by >50%.

Despite this success and the 1-child policy, FP services are not accessible to 10s of millions of rural Chinese

couples. Those services that do exist have undertrained workers. The demands created by the highly ambitious

goals of the 1-child policy hamper their efforts. The situation is more grave in India where the government has only

recently admitted its problem with population growth. It promotes an FP method preferred by women who already

have many children--female sterilization. The years of government inaction have caused sizeable malnutrition. 2

Indian states have been able to achieve low fertility, however, by improving access to education for females and

elevating women's status. The US and other nations should offer more aid to India and China to improve their FP

services. Even though both countries do have comprehensive FP networks, poorly trained staff, limited contraceptive

choice, and insufficient counseling keep the infrastructure from being effective. Population specialists advise India

to pattern the strong support the Chinese government has give to FP. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT3T 1555-

06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Mixed results mark Asian family planning. China and India

must increase the reach of their family-planning programs, reports say.", is(are) Moffett GD 3d. The source of this

article is "CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR. 1992 Sep 15;84(205):5.". This article was published in 1992 in English

language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT3T 1555-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 11555

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