Reproductive Health

SYNOPSIS

• Reproductive health is the total well-being in all aspects of reproduction, i.e. physical, emotional, behavioural and social.
  
  
• Amniocentesis is a technique of drawing amniotic fluid and testing it to find out the sex and disorders of the foetus.
  
  
• Population explosion is the enormous increase in human population occurring in nature as a result of the rapid decline in the death rate and the increase in the birth rate.
  
  
• Contraceptive Methods
  
  
  

  Natural Methods	Abstinence Coitus interruptus Lactational amenorrhea
  Barrier Methods	Condoms Diaphragms Cervical caps Vaults
  Chemical Methods	Spermicides
  Oral Contraceptive Pills	Mini pills Combined pills
  Intrauterine Devices	Non-mediated IUDs Hormone-releasing IUDs
  Surgical Methods	Vasectomy (Males) Tubectomy (Females)

• Intentional or voluntary termination of pregnancy before the full term of pregnancy is called medical termination of pregnancy (MTP) or induced abortion.

• Diseases or infections which are transmitted through sexual intercourse are collectively called sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) or venereal diseases (VDs) or reproductive tract infections (RTIs).

• Types of STDs
  
  
  

• Infertility is the failure to conceive within one or more years of regular unprotected coitus.

• Types of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART)