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YEAR: 1973

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Development of family planning programmes in the Indian Ocean Region and

their demographic impact: An overview.

AUTHORS

Aromin BB

SOURCE

In: International Planned Parenthood Federation. Indian Ocean Region.

(IPPF/IOR). Population, development and the environment. Report of the

proceedings, Bombay, December 9-15, 1972. Bombay, IPPF/IOR, (1973). p. 15-24

ABSTRACT

India and Pakistan were among the 1st countries of the world to adopt family planning as an official policy to reduce

the rates of their population growth. Of the 4 countries of the Indian Ocean Region of the International Planned

Parenthood Federation, India initiated a family planning policy in 1952, Pakistan in 1960, Sri Lanka in 1965 and

Nepal in 1966. As of 1971 25 of the 31 member and associate member countries of the Economic Commission for

Asia and the Far East located in the region had either official population or family planning policies with national

programs or supported family planning activities. When Judging the accomplishments of the programs of India,

Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka it should be remembered that the programs of India and Pakistan were among the 1st

and consequently their approach was cautious and exploratory. Additionally, the later programs benefitted from the

use of the relatively new, simple and effective contraceptive methods along with international support for national

programs. Regarding India, the birthrate of 41.7 around 1956 was reduced to about 38 by the end of the financial year

1969-1970 as a direct effect of the program. In Nepal the number of acceptors of all methods of family planning has

increased from 1000 in 1066 to 32,000 in 1970. No estimate has been made to date of the demographic impact of

the program. In Pakistan, the evaluators of the program had to rely on service statistics to estimate the effect of

contraceptive use on fertility. The 148,000 acceptors of all family planning methods in 1965 grew to 1,908,000 in

1970. It has been estimated that approximately 981,494 births were prevented in the year 1968. In Sri Lanka, the

number of acceptors of family planning increased from 15,000 in 1965 to 55,000 in 1970. Per capita income, literacy

rates, availability of medical and paramedical personnel and hospital facilities in Sri Lanka are considerably more

favorable to acceptance of family planning than in the other countries. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT8T 528-

06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Development of family planning programmes in the Indian

Ocean Region and their demographic impact: An overview.", is(are) Aromin BB. The source of this article is "In:

International Planned Parenthood Federation. Indian Ocean Region. (IPPF/IOR). Population, development and the

environment. Report of the proceedings, Bombay, December 9-15, 1972. Bombay, IPPF/IOR, (1973). p. 15-24". This

article was published in 1973 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT8T 528-06. All rights

reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 35528

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