Postpartum sterilisation and demographic progress at Paarl Hospital
Date
1988
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Health & Medical Publishing Group
Abstract
The success of the postpartum sterilisation campaign at Paarl Hospital, CP, irrefutably supports the claim that a quality family planning programme can in itself reduce fertility. In 1971 only 10% of women undergoing sterilisation had 4 or fewer children - this incidence increased to 71% in 1986. Women with more than 10 children are now very rarely found - in 1970 they still accounted for 20% of all patients sterilised. Parity at time of sterilisation has levelled to about 4 in contrast with 7.52 in 1971. It is probable that as many as 15000 unwanted and unplanned pregnancies have been prevented in Paarl as a result of this sustained effort. The ideal of the 2-child family is increasingly possible.
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CITATION: De Villiers, V. P. 1988. Postpartum sterilisation and demographic progress at Paarl Hospital. South African Medical Journal, 74:114-116.
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The original publication is available at http://www.samj.org.za
Keywords
Sterilization (Birth control)