Tag: Reproductive rights

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WHO Issues First Global Guideline on Infertility

Context: WHO has released its first-ever global guideline on infertility, calling for safer, fairer and affordable fertility care worldwide. It aims to help countries integrate infertility prevention, diagnosis and treatment into public health systems as infertility affects 1 in 6 people globally. About WHO Issues First Global Guideline on Infertility: What the Guideline Is? WHO’s …

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Son Meta Preference: Sex-Determination Rackets

Syllabus: Issue related to children and women Source:  FL Context: Fresh crackdowns in Karnataka–Andhra, Haryana–U.P., Gujarat, and Delhi exposed cross-border sex-determination rackets despite three decades of the PCPNDT Act, 1994. About Son Meta Preference: Sex-Determination Rackets What it is? Covert networks linking agents, clinics, and pharmacies to offer illegal foetal sex tests and sex-selective abortions, …

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Examine the key lifestyle and behavioural factors contributing to rising infertility. How can public health systems respond proactively?

Topic: Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources. Q4. Examine the key lifestyle and behavioural factors contributing to rising infertility. How can public health systems respond proactively? (10 M) Difficulty Level: Medium Reference: TH Why the question Infertility is on the rise in India: now the statistics …

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