1. Define the following:
*Periodic abstinence
*Lactational amenorrhea
2. What is reproductive health according to WHO?
3. When does family planning programmes were initiated at the national level in India?
4. Name the new oral contraceptive developed by CDRI Lucknow.
5. With reference to contraception, what is oral pill?
6. What is infertility?
7. Name a hormone releasing IUD.
Answers
1.Periodic abstinence is natural family planning by not having sexual intercourse on the days of a woman's menstrual cycle when she could become pregnant.
Lactational amenorrhea, also called postpartum infertility, is the temporary postnatal infertility that occurs when a woman is amenorrheic (not menstruating) and fully breastfeeding.
2.Reproductive health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity, in all matters relating to the reproductive system and to its functions and processes.
3.India was the first country in the world to have launched a National Programme for Family Planning in 1952. With its historic initiation in 1952, the Family Planning Programme has undergone transformation in terms of policy and actual programme implementation.
4.A: \'Saheli\' - new oral contraceptive for the females was developed at CDRI, Lucknow. A: \'Saheli\' - new oral contraceptive for the females was developed at CDRI, Lucknow.