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Awareness on reproductive
health rising
Post Report
KATHMANDU, June 20 : There has been a remarkable
rise in reproductive-health-related knowledge and practice among the young married women
in both Young Communication Action Group (YCAG) and mothers’ group areas, according
to a research.
However, the changes in practice of family
planning and antenatal care have not shown consistent trends probably because of conflict
situation in the project sites during the implementation phase, states the research.
The Frontiers Operation Research Study was
jointly commissioned by Centre for Research on Environment, Health and Population
Activities (CREHPA), Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS) and Centre for Development and
Population Activities (CEDPA).
Disseminating the findings of the study, Ananda
Tamang, director of CREHPA, said that the research was carried out to study the extent of
YCAG impact on reproductive health and social behaviour within the group members and to
examine the efficacy of communication action groups of young couples in enhancing
reproductive health knowledge.
Speaking at the dissemination seminar on
"Determining an Effective and Replicable Communication-based Mechanism for Improving
Young Couples’ Access to and Utilisation of Reproductive Health Information and
Services", Dr ME Khan, regional associate director, Asia and Near East of the
Population Council, said that Frontiers undertakes intervention projects to increase
access, quality and use of contraceptive.
Umesh Dhakal, director, Health Department, NRCS,
Binod Nepal and Ramesh Adhikari of CREHPA also made presentations. More than 30
representatives from various non-governmental organisations participated in the half-day
seminar held here today.
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