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Odisha improves child and mental health faster; UP, Bihar lag behind
In Odisha, stunting--low height for age and a sign of malnutrition--reduced from 46.5% of children below five years in 2005-06 to 35.3% in 2015-16
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The price of controls
Price caps on sanitary products and hand washes are counterproductive
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Indians now use birth control pills, condoms more: Family health survey
National Family Health Survey (NFHS), records decline in use of family planning methods to 53.5% in its survey for 2015-16, from 56.3% in its last survey a decade back. Both female and male sterilisation declined to 36% and 0.3% respectively in this period from 37.3% and 1%. The use of IUD (Intrauterine device) and PPIUD (Postpartum Intrauterine Contraceptive Device) also declined to 1.5% from 1.7%.But the use of pills and condom have respectively seen rise respectively to 4.1% and 5.6% from 3.1% and 5.2% in between the two survey periods. The rise in uses of pills comes despite 46.5% users being told about the side effects of modern methods, up from 34.4 % in earlier. Also the overall decline in the use of family planning method to 17.7 % now from 10.1% earlier comes despite rise in health workers talking to female non-users about family planning . The report also talks about rising number of child immunisation. A 62% of children get fully immunized now, up from 43.5% a decade ...
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