Background: Menstruation is a normal physiological process to the females but sometimes it is considered as unclean phenomenon in the society. Hence this community based study was carried out with the objective to assess the difference in level of knowledge and practice regarding menstrual hygiene among school going adolescent girls of government and private school.Methods: A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted from July 2017 to April 2018 to find out the difference in prevailing knowledge and practices regarding menstrual hygiene between private and government school going adolescent girls of Jaipur city. Data were collected by the predesigned and pretested structured questionnaire.Results: 87.57% girls from private schools were aware of menstruation prior to attainment of menarche. The difference in knowledge regarding menstruation in students of private and government school was significant. More than three fourth of the participants (76.95%) were from private school use sanitary pad.Conclusions: Knowledge and practice regarding menstruation was better in private school girls as compared to those of government school. Significantly more number of girls in the private schools was using sanitary pads as compared to government school girls.

Contraceptives unlock one of the most dormant, but potentially powerful assets in the development of women as the decision-maker. When women have the power to make choices about their families, they tend to decide precisely what demographers, economists and development experts recommend. They invest in the long-term human capital of their families…. Melinda Gates. India is the second most populous country in the world. There has been an increase in contraceptive prevalence and a reduction in total fertility rate since the launch of National Family Welfare Program in 1951. For better results, contraceptive use should start right from the postpartum period. Keeping it in mind, the study was conducted to determine the knowledge, attitude and practice of contraception among the postpartum women. It was prospective and observational study in the department of obstetrics and gynecology of Government medical college and hospital, Kota between 1 July 2020 to 31 December 2020. Study was conducted on 4480 postpartum women who delivered in this institution and came for follow-up. Women were interrogated and counselled regarding various methods of contraception using a preformed questionnaire. Their knowledge and attitude about contraception were assessed. Only 60.04% women were aware about various methods of contraception. This awareness increased with increasing education, parity and better socioeconomic class. Awareness was maximum for Sterilization (90%) followed by barrier method (80%) and intrauterine contraceptive device (76%). Health care system (43.86%) and media communication (34.57%) was most common source of awareness. After counselling 81.02% women had accepted contraceptive method. The main reason for non acceptance of contraception was desire of more children. Contraceptive services can be strengthened by incorporating with antenatal services and providing post-partum contraceptive counseling.