Question

(a) Mention the problems that are taken care of by Reproduction and Child Health Care programme.
(b) What is amniocentesis and why there is a statutory ban on it?

Answer 1

a) The problems that are taken care by Reproduction and Child Health Care programme are

• Integrated delivery of services for fertility regulation
  
• Maternal health
• Child health
• Safe abortions
• Nutrition
• Communication for behavior changes
• RTIs / STIs
• Adolescent health

b) Amniocentesis is a prenatal diagnostic test based on the chromosomal pattern of the cells in the amniotic fluid that surrounds the developing foetus in the womb. The government has imposed a statutory ban inspite of its importance in the medical field because of its misuse. It is used to diagnose the sex of the foetus and leads to female foeticide.