pubmed-article:12276284 | pubmed:otherAbstract | PIP: The sterilization program in each of the 5 regions of India is described. More than 2 million sterilization operations have been performed in the Southern Region, almost 35% of the total performance in India as a whole. In the Eastern Region, the number of sterilizations done exceeds 9 hundred thousand, 16.3% of all the sterilizations done in India. In the Western Region, sterilizations have numbered more than 12 hundred thousand, 21.5%. The number of sterilizations in the Central Region exceeds 7 hundred thousand or 13.5%. In the Northern Region, more than 9 hundred thousand have been done, constituting 16.8% of the total. | lld:pubmed |