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Question
Suggest the aspects of reproductive health which need to be given special attention in the present scenario.
Solution
The following areas of reproductive health require specific attention:
- Sex education in schools is being implemented to provide young minds with accurate information about reproductive organs, accessory reproductive organs, secondary sexual characteristics, adolescence and related changes, safe and hygienic sexual activities, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and other topics.
- Providing information about available birth control techniques, pregnant woman care, postnatal care for both mother and child, the importance of breastfeeding, and so forth.
- Raising young people's knowledge of the implications of unchecked population increase and societal problems (sex abuse and sex-related crimes, drug, tobacco, and alcohol usage, among other things).
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