Female sterilization in small camp settings in rural India
Bhatt, R.V.; Pachauri, S.; Pathak, N.D.; Chauhan, L.
Studies in Family Planning 9(2-3): 39-43
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0039-3665 PMID: 644634 DOI: 10.2307/1966306Document Number: 436236
In an effort to provide female sterilization services in areas that lack modern surgical facilities and highly trained personnel, while avoiding the high complication rates associated with mass sterilization programmes, small sterilization camps were held at 6 rural primary health centres in the Baroda District, Gujurat, India, beginning in 1972. Data collected for 2,009 women undergoing sterilization by the Pomeroy technique at these camps showed an operative and immediate post-operative complication rate of 2.1% and an early postoperative complication rate of 6.7%. These rates compare well with those found in sterilization series performed in modern, well-equipped urban settings, further demonstrating that the small camp is an appropriate facility for female sterilization in rural India.