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[3] [12] [13] As a result, the family planning policies were approved and recommended by the Chinese government. [2] [3] China's first birth planning campaign began in 1954 with the repeal of the ban on contraception, although official efforts to promote the birth planning campaign did not begin in earnest until 1956.
1966 family planning stamp from India. Family planning in India is based on efforts largely sponsored by the Indian government. From 1965 to 2009, contraceptive usage has more than tripled (from 13% of married women in 1970 to 48% in 2009) and the fertility rate has more than halved (from 5.7 in 1966 to 2.4 in 2012), but the national fertility ...
In spite of some criticism inside the CCP, the family planning policy, [43] was formally implemented as a temporary measure on 18 September 1980. [18] [44] [45] [46] The plan called for families to have one child each in order to curb a then-surging population and alleviate social, economic, and environmental problems in China. [47] [48]
The National Population and Family Planning Commission (NPFPC; 2003–2013), formerly the National Family Planning Commission (NFPC; 1981–2003), was a cabinet-level executive department under the State Council, responsible for population and family planning policy in the People's Republic of China.
Family planning was and still is seen as a tool to not only help lower overall global fertility rates but also aid increasing the economic and social development in many countries, particularly in developing nations by lowering health risks associated with pregnancy and childbirth to women and children. [3]
The three-child policy (Chinese: 三孩政策; pinyin: Sānhái Zhèngcè), whereby a couple can have three children, is a family planning policy in the People's Republic of China. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The policy was announced on 31 May 2021 at a meeting of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), chaired by CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping ...
The journal was established in 1963. Its current editor-in-chief is Jeffrey B. Bingenheimer. The journal publishes articles on public health, social science, and biomedical research on sexual and reproductive health, fertility, and family planning, primarily focused on developing countries.
International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, formerly International Family Planning Perspectives, was a peer-reviewed research journal published by the Guttmacher Institute, covering research on contraception, fertility, adolescent pregnancy, sexual behaviour, sexually transmitted diseases, the policy and law on family planning and childbearing, related programmes and ...