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Canada to make contraception for women freeCanada provides free contraception for women in a major health care reform supported by Trudeau and Freeland. This initiative includes IUDs...
UK launches first trial of hormone-free male birth control pill. Details insideUK trials hormone-free male pill, YCT-529, blocking vitamin A for contraception. Promising, reversible, and side-effect-free; trial ends Ju...
France to make condoms free for anyone under 25: President Emmanuel MacronMacron, who was France's youngest-ever president when he was first elected in 2017 at age 39, also promised stepped-up efforts to prevent a...
India on its way to achieve population stabilisation: MoS HealthThe modern contraceptive usage has increased to 56.5 per cent and the Unmet Need for Family Planning has declined to 9.4 per cent, accordin...
Bihar: New policy for population control to be ready soonBihar was one of the seven states called to participate in the first public consultation scheduled by the Niti Aayog last week on populatio...
World Population day: Things you should knowAlmost on the verge of completing three decades now, the internationally celebrated event aims to spread awareness on issues such as overpo...
- Common birth control drug may up risk of HIV
Johannesburg, Jan 5 (IANS) Taking a popular injectable contraceptive drug is likely to increase the risk of developing HIV infection by 40 ...
Yogi Adityanath government to roll out a new family planning scheme in Uttar PradeshThe scheme includes measures like a family planning kit for newly-weds in rural areas, which will include two packs of condoms, a marriage ...
Cheap contraceptive pills from Bangladesh flood Assam, government worriedBangladesh, which has a robust family-planning programme, distributes sukhi pills for free which have also made their way across the border...
Government expanding basket of choice for contraceptivesGovt said it was expanding basket of choice for contraceptives to meet unmet demand even as it asserted that the TFR in most states have co...
Condom ads on television could be driving youngsters to…use condoms!One complainant pointed out that earlier condoms were “depicted as a contraceptive method and a way of family planning” and now are shown “...
How Warren Buffett’s family secretly funded a birth control revolutionIn the past decade, the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation has become the most influential supporter of research on IUDs and expanding acces...
Price capping takes sheen off condom sales following government decisionIt’s condom makers turn to seek protection as sales of male contraceptive have plunged drastically following a government decision to dub i...
- After shortage, government buys condoms from open market
Condom shortages were reported from many parts of the country even as the previous government failed to buy contraceptives during the last ...
Mylan may buy contraceptive co Famy Care for Rs 3,000 croreMylan is said to have pipped private equity bids from Bain Capital and Advent to move closer to a deal. Hong Kong-based AIF Capital holds 1...
- US court lifts morning-after pill age limit
The FDA had initially decided to approve over-the-counter sales with no age limits, but Sebelius ordered it to reverse course.
- Morning after, men try to find what's i-pill
Pharma major Cipla's toll-free helpline number on emergency contraceptives receives 300 calls per day, a good 40% of them from men. Investo...