India was among the 1st countries to initiate actions & plans to attain total reproductive health as social goal. These programmes are called as ‘ FAMILY PLANNING’. Improved programmes currently in operation have a popular name ‘Reproductive & Child Health Care Programmes’ (RCH).
Awareness can be spread through audio-visuals, print media, family members, close relatives, by teachers at school. Proper information about reproductive organs, adolescence & related changes, safe & hygienic sexual practices, sexually transmitted diseases, AIDS etc.
Educating fertile couples & marriageable age group, about available birth control options, care of pregnant mothers, post-natal care of the mother and child, importance of breast feeding, equal opportunities for the male and the female child, etc., would address the importance of bringing up socially conscious healthy families of desired size.
Awareness of problems due to uncontrolled population growth, social evils like sex-abuse and sex-related crimes, etc., shall be created to enable people to think and take up necessary steps to prevent them and thereby build up a socially responsible and healthy society.