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September 30, 2013

Are India’s abortion doctors required to report suspected rape of girls under 18?

The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 guarantees absolute confidentiality to a woman irrespective of her age, while the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 .The Criminal Law Amendment Act, 2013 — put in place after the horrific gang-rape of the 23-year-old girl in Delhi last year — makes it mandatory for the …

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Kerela to vaccinate all adolescent girls against rubella

As reported in the Hindu earlier this month, the state government of Kerela will implement the rubella vaccination  targeting adolescent girls.The vaccine will be administered alongside, the second dose of measles vaccine, and will be replaced by the MMR (mumps-measles-rubella) vaccine, so that all children are protected against measles and rubella. To read more please click …

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