Background Maternal health (MH) services provide an invaluable opportunity to inform and
educate women about family planning (FP). It is expected that this would enable women to …

Background Medical barriers refer to unnecessary policies or procedures imposed by health
care providers that are not necessarily medically advised; these restrictions impede clients' …

Family planning has widespread positive impacts for population health and well-being;
contraceptive use not only decreases unintended pregnancies and reduces infant and …

Background Client-centric quality of care (QoC) in family planning (FP) services are
imperative for contraceptive method adoption and continuation. Less is known about the …

Abstract Objectives The Urban Health Initiative (UHI) was initiated in 2009 with the goal of
increasing family planning (FP) use among the poor in urban areas of Uttar Pradesh, India …

Background In 2014, 16 women died following female sterilization operations in Bilaspur, a
district in central India. In addition to those 16 deaths, 70 women were hospitalized for …

Female Sterilization and IUD Services Page 1 The Quality of Care in Provision of Female
Sterilization and IUD Services An Assessment Study in Bihar Page 2 The Quality of Care in …

This paper examines recent changes in the life trajectories of Indian women. We use data
from four major national population surveys that span the years 1998–2016. We look at …

The Measurement, Learning & Evaluation (MLE) Project baseline survey study for the Urban
Health Initiative (UHI) in India was successfully conducted in six cities of Uttar Pradesh in …

Maharashtra was one of the first states to be affected by HIV in India. Results from the
National Family Health Survey (NFHS-3) in 2005–06 indicate that 0.62 percent of men and …