Maternal and perinatal lives. S
on preference is a major issue. It's expression, include prenatal sex selection through selective abortion of female fetuses, female infanticide and dowry-related violence. The need to stop harmful cultural practices is obvious. Legislation as a means
Of control is rendered ineffective through weak enforcement measures and other obstacles. Mass formal education and health education stand a better chance. The conventional approach,
That of doing nothing unless culturally acceptable, is hopeless. The notion is a mere camouflage for inaction .it's other flaw is it's total disregard for the fact that cultural practices are not static but change as people develop.
Some religious bodies or organizations are culpable through the harmful effects of their doctrines examples include Islam, for placing severe restrictions on the role and status of women, catholicism,
For family planning prevention leading to clandestine abortions, high party, and increasing poverty, and evangelical protestant sects for revivalist activities that cause African population, made gullible by poverty and animist belie,to turn away from orthodox medicine. The upsurge of cults and fundamentalism is an important exacerbating factor.
ILLITERACY AND EDUCATION
if you think education I'd expensive, rty illiteracy, ( Nigerian saying).much of the developing world,s social, health and environmental failures are traceable to mass illiteracy and their reversal is heavily dependent upon mass education. Initially, this idea and the size of the consequent problem were slow to gain acceptance but not now. Presently,
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