ICMR, health ministry working on introduction of birth control implants for women
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said it is working with the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry to introduce birth control implants in India's family planning programme.
"The Ministry is actually thinking of introducing it into the family planning programme and we are working with them to see whether we could first introduce in a few district hospitals. It will later come into the programme," ICMR Director General Soumya Swaminathan told IANS here on the sidelines of the Seventh World Ayurveda Congress.
"Moreover, it is being used in many countries worldwide. The advantage is that it gives control to the woman and is active for a particular period of time after which it is completely reversible. It is good for spacing between pregnancies. It is safe," said Swaminathan, referring to the follow up studies on women for three years.
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