Family planning strategy to be tweaked

New Delhi: March 14, 2011

The government is ready to reposition its family planning strategy by focusing on maternal health and not just population control, an official from health and family welfare ministry said. "The government wants to reposition the approach towards family planning by focusing on the health of the mother and the child. It is a part of our strategy to bring down the maternal mortality rate in the country, said Kiran Ambwani, deputy commissioner, family planning division, in the ministry.

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