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Title of Study an Antidote to the Missing Girl Child - The PC & PNDT Act


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1 Health Communication, Indian Institute of Health and Family Welfare (IIHFW), Vengalrao Nagar, Hyderabad- 500038, India
2 Centre for Health Policy, Planning and Management, School of Health System Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Deonar, Mumbai- 400088, India
 

The pre-conception&pre-natal diagnostic techniques (PC&PNDT) act is critically linked with the child sex ratio as its sound implementation inevitably leads to an improved child sex ratio. A secondary analysis of the census 2011 indicates that the entire north India has four bridegrooms compared to a single bride. If the same scenario should not be reenacted elsewhere in India, it is the PC&PNDT act that holds the key. Hence, Indian Institute of Health&Family Welfare (IIHFW), a state apex training centre in department of health, medical&family welfare with the state government in Hyderabad, has undertaken an extensive as well as an intensive capacity-building exercise on PC&PNDTA.
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Kalapatapu Ravikiran Sharma
Health Communication, Indian Institute of Health and Family Welfare (IIHFW), Vengalrao Nagar, Hyderabad- 500038, India
Shankar Das
Centre for Health Policy, Planning and Management, School of Health System Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Deonar, Mumbai- 400088, India

Abstract


The pre-conception&pre-natal diagnostic techniques (PC&PNDT) act is critically linked with the child sex ratio as its sound implementation inevitably leads to an improved child sex ratio. A secondary analysis of the census 2011 indicates that the entire north India has four bridegrooms compared to a single bride. If the same scenario should not be reenacted elsewhere in India, it is the PC&PNDT act that holds the key. Hence, Indian Institute of Health&Family Welfare (IIHFW), a state apex training centre in department of health, medical&family welfare with the state government in Hyderabad, has undertaken an extensive as well as an intensive capacity-building exercise on PC&PNDTA.