The success of the postpartum sterilisation campaign at Paarl Hospital, CP, irrefutably supports the claim that a quality family planning programme can in itself reduce fertility. In 1971 only 10% of women undergoing sterilisation had 4 or fewer children--this incidence increased to 71% in 1986. Women with more than 10 children are now very rarely found--in 1970 they still accounted for 20% of ...

Burmese women are forced to migrate to find work and security in Thailand due to the social, political, and economic disarray present in Burma. Unplanned pregnancies are common in this area, and one third of pregnancy loss is self-induced. Poverty, lack of employment rights, and domestic violence are important factors in deciding to terminate the pregnancy. Women face multiple barriers in manag...

When the world is facing COVID-19 pandemic, it also reported that Indonesia an explosion of new pregnancies. According to BKKBN, there are more than 400,000 unplanned Based on BPS data in 2020, increase projected population 271,066,000 people, which means about 4.8 million births Indonesia. The purpose this study was determine relationship between anxiety levels women aged fertile with use cont...

Abstract Background The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, which started in December 2019, was declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) as an international public health emergency January 2020, with impact on access to sexual and reproductive services for women. Objective To discuss contraception pandemic context, based current policies world Brazilian scenario. Method This is opinion article, describ...

This was a multicentred, prospective study of pregnancies among women using natural family planning. The women maintained natural family planning charts of the conception cycle, recording acts of intercourse and signs of ovulation (cervical mucus changes, including peak day and basal body temperature). Charts were used to assess the most probable day of insemination relative to the day of ovula...

BACKGROUND The student population is at higher risk of acquiring sexual transmitted diseases (STDs) and accounts for a higher incidence of unplanned pregnancies due to a combination of lifestyle and environmental reasons. AIM To determine the attitudes of medical students towards contraception. METHODS A total of 190 students of the School of Medicine of University of Mostar attending four ...

Prescription opioid use in the United States has become widespread, and studies of opioid exposure in pregnancy suggest increased risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes, including neonatal abstinence syndrome and birth defects (e.g., neural tube defects, gastroschisis, and congenital heart defects). The development of birth defects often results from exposures during the first few weeks of pregnan...