India has ignored infertility for too long
India has a history of coercive family planning which ignored infertility.
Sat Nov 04 2023
LPPKN provides 1,000 free contraceptive quotas for B40 women
This is provided for eligible women from the B40 and high-risk groups in an effort to promote family planning practices in the country.
Tue Sep 26 2023
MOH urged to reinstate import license for family planning associations in Sarawak
The Sarawak government is requesting the federal government to allow local family planning associations in the state to import contraceptive commodities.
Tue Jul 04 2023
Family planning in India: A woman's burden
The focus has shifted to women in India, with tubal ligation the preferred method of birth control.
Fri Apr 21 2023
No baby boom in China as births fall further in 2020
China introduced the one-child policy in the late 1970s in a dramatic effort to slow rapid population growth, before reversing it in 2016.
Wed Feb 10 2021
A bonus to boost the birth rate in Tokyo?
100,000 yen that's the amount of a potential bonus that couples could soon be awarded for the birth of a child in Tokyo.
Sat Jan 23 2021
Housing as both a 'human right' and policy priority
Its almost as if that healthcare is implicitly and by default treated like a basic human right but housing isn't.
Tue Dec 22 2020
Rohani: Family planning important for gender equality, women empowerment
Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Rohani Abdul Karim says access to reproductive health was among the Sustainable Development Goals for the period 2015 to 2030.
Mon Jul 10 2017
Marina Mahathir's heartfelt note to Dr Siti Hasmah
Dr Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali believes in sound public health policies, in family planning and in the rights of women and girls, said her daughter Marina Mahathir.
Tue Jul 12 2016
Family planning not for Muslims, says Turkey's Erdogan
The Turkish President says it is the responsibility of mothers to ensure the continued growth of Turkey's population.
Mon May 30 2016
Three killed, nine injured in attack on Colorado abortion clinic
The dead included one police officer and two civilians, Colorado Springs Police Chief Peter Carey told reporters about an hour after the suspect had been captured.
Sat Nov 28 2015
Easing of China one-child policy too late for those who lost only child
Easing of China's one-child policy is said to be too late for parents who have lost their only child.
Fri Nov 27 2015
Chinese people getting taller and fatter: govt
Adult obesity rates reached 9.6 percent in 2012, more than doubling over a decade, the National Health and Family Planning Commission said in a report on national nutrition and chronic diseases.
Wed Jul 01 2015
China's one-child policy change starts first quarter of 2014
China is expected to relax its decades-long one-child policy in the first quarter of 2014, said the National Health and Family Planning Commission.
Tue Dec 24 2013
S. Korean youth population to be halved by 2060
South Korea's low birth rate means the size of its youth population, those aged between nine and 24, will be slashed in half by 2060, a government report warned Monday.
Mon Jan 07 2013
PRK Kuala Kubu Baharu: Tiada laporan 3R diterima sepanjang kempen - Ketua Polis Negara
Polis tidak menerima sebarang laporan membabitkan isu 3R iaitu raja, agama dan kaum, sepanjang tempoh 14 hari kempen Pilihan Raya Kecil Kuala Kubu Baharu berlangsung.
Sat May 11 2024
TDM akan usul batal kontrak sewaan Black Hawk kepada Kementerian Pertahanan
Tentera Darat Malaysia akan mengusulkan pembatalan kontrak sewaan helikopter Black Hawk TDM kepada Kementerian Pertahanan ekoran kelewatan penghantaran.
Sat May 11 2024
'Rhea dah terbelit tali pusat' - Shila Amzah cerita detik bersalin anak kedua
Menurut Shila, dia terpaksa memilih untuk bersalin secara pembedahan sekali lagi (caesarean) kerana bayinya terbelit tali pusat.
Sat May 11 2024
Invest Selangor sasar nilai transaksi RM7 bilion melalui SIBS 2024
Invest Selangor Bhd menyasarkan nilai transaksi berpotensi sehingga RM7 bilion daripada Sidang Kemuncak Perniagaan Antarabangsa Selangor (SIBS) tahun ini.
Sat May 11 2024
Mendiang Mutang miliki prinsip, nilai kukuh ke arah reformasi Parlimen - PM Anwar
Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim menyifatkan negara kehilangan individu yang sangat serius dalam usaha reformasi Parlimen dengan pemergian mendiang Senator Datuk Mutang Tagal.
Sat May 11 2024
AWANI Ringkas: Polis Puas Hati: Tiada laporan kempen 3R di Kuala Kubu Baharu
Ikuti rangkuman berita utama yang menjadi tumpuan sepanjang hari di Astro AWANI menerusi AWANI Ringkas.
Sat May 11 2024
Systema lancar kempen #GumHealthFirst, tingkat kesedaran penjagaan gusi
Systema, pakar perlindungan gusi terkenal dari Jepun komited dalam menangani penyakit gusi yang kini berleluasa di Malaysia menerusi kempen #GumHealthFirst dan memperkenal teknologi berus gigi baharu.
Sat May 11 2024
Zii Jia iringi empat wakil negara ke Olimpik Paris 2024
Dua pemain perseorangan dan tiga beregu badminton negara secara rasmi disahkan slot penampilan ke Sukan Olimpik Paris 2024.
Sat May 11 2024
Ratusan ibu di Mexico berhimpun, tuntut kehilangan anak
Ratusan wanita Mexico yang mencari anak mereka yang hilang berhimpun di Mexico City pada Jumaat.
Protes sempena Hari Ibu itu dilakukan bagi memberi tekanan kepada pihak berkuasa supaya melakukan lebih banyak lagi untuk mencari orang tersayang mereka.
Protes sempena Hari Ibu itu dilakukan bagi memberi tekanan kepada pihak berkuasa supaya melakukan lebih banyak lagi untuk mencari orang tersayang mereka.
Sat May 11 2024
Pendengaran kes Jacob Zuma bermula Jumaat
Mahkamah tertinggi Afrika Selatan memulakan proses mendengar hujah undang-undang pada Jumaat sama ada bekas presiden Jacob Zuma boleh bertanding bagi kerusi parlimen.
Keputusan kes tersebut akan menjejaskan pilihan raya di seluruh negara itu pada 29 mei dan boleh membawa kepada masalah keselamatan jika beliau kalah.
Keputusan kes tersebut akan menjejaskan pilihan raya di seluruh negara itu pada 29 mei dan boleh membawa kepada masalah keselamatan jika beliau kalah.
Sat May 11 2024