Adolescent motherhood has serious implications on young women and their children’s health. This brief examines the key determinants of adolescent motherhood in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar to guide the sexual and reproductive health programming for youth. Increasing awareness on sexual and reproductive health, developing life skills, and creating positive gender norms can help strengthening sexual […]
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PAHAL Issue 13 highlights the efforts of Government of Uttar Pradesh in conducting Skilled Birth Attendants (SBA) trainings, with support from UP TSU. This edition also includes the integration of PPIUCD training with SBA training for staff nurses and ANMs along with many more updates of
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The use of traditional methods of family planning has increased in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar over time. Although the family planning programs strive to improve modern contraceptive use, Traditional still contribute significantly to the overall contraceptive use. This brief highlights the reasons for this increase, whether it is by choice or due to inadequate family planning services, and ways to improve efficient traditional and modern methods use.
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Family planning improves health, reduces poverty, increases educational and employment opportunities and empowers women and couples to lead a better quality of life. This implementation note details the conceptualization and implementation of a series of activities designed and rolled out since July 2017 to introduce and improve the availability and utilization of these two new contraceptives, Antara and Chhaya, in Uttar Pradesh.
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Recognizing the need to reduce the potential risks to the maternal and child mortality and morbidities associated with unintended pregnancies that either lead to high-risk pregnancies due to narrow pregnancy intervals or repeated unsafe abortion; UPTSU supported the Government of Uttar Pradesh in developing the Post Pregnancy Family Planning protocol to enable providers to support clients choose the most appropriate method best suited to their individual situation.
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