29 june :The call centre (66665555) on reproductive health launched by Jansankhya Stirtha Kosh (JSK), a registered society of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, has been receiving encouraging response from callers, majority of them, women.
The number is quite easy to remember but has nothing to do with any reality show or opinion poll.Infact, callers to the number prefer their names and conversations to be kept confidential.
The call centre (66665555) on reproductive health launched by Jansankhya Stirtha Kosh (JSK), a registered society of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, has been receiving encouraging response from callers, majority of them, women.
From among the calls received over a period of 25 days, questions on contraception outnumber any other by a large margin.Of the 5595 calls received, about 1400 callers sought information on contraception.Questions on sexual health concerns in males, pregnancy and reproductive health followed.
A significant number of callers wanted to know what JSK was and what work they did pointing out to the sensitiveness of the issue that is being dealt with by the call centre.
Among those who sought information about contraception, 24 per cent wanted information on condoms, 18 per cent on natural methods, 14 per cent on IUD and 10 per cent on sterilization.
Very few callers asked for information on female condoms.Female callers lean towards contraception (24 per cent) whereas male callers seek information on sexual health (17 per cent).
"We basically started this call centre with the idea of giving information on contraception. But the doctors we were working with said that it could not just be restricted to that subject. There are a number of related issues that need to be addressed," says Shailaja Chandra, Executive Director, JSK. courtsey : dd news