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family welfare programme in a more vigorous and
imaginative way.
Thus, efforts are to be made on
both the fronts - development and population
fronts - if the country has to achieve socioeconomic
development coupled with slower rate of
growth in population. Mauldin and Berlson (1978)
after analysing data for 94 developing countries
of the world concluded that if a country wished to
reduce its fertility it should seek a high degree
of modernization and adopt a substantial family
planning programme.
It should be mentioned here
that in Nepal the discontinuation rates for temporary
methods of contraceptive are very large:
there are substantial unmet needs for contraception
and in the case of permanent methods there is
insufficient capacity to match current demand.
Furthermore, studies have indicated that the
knowledge, ever use, and current use of contraception
are relatively higher in uxban than in
rural areas (Ministry of Health, 1987).
These
observations indicate the need for launcing family
planning programme much more vigorously. The programme
should also be geared more towards the rural