RESUMO
PIP: Family planning in Maharashtra is considered as the center of socioeconomic development, and development of the IUD represents a technological breakthrough for the program. The Government of India fixed the final targets for IUD for the year 1966-67. Accordingly, it is proposed to adopt an overall target of 14 insertions/1000 in urban area, 6.5/1000 in rural areas, 25/1000 in intensive urban areas, and 10/thousand in intensive rural areas. The approach is to tell the community the facts about the IUD, to select the cases properly, to institute the proper technique of insertion, to ensure satisfactory follow-up, to make male doctors acceptable, and to train all Medical Officers-in-Charge of Medical Dispensaries and Primary Health Centers. Hitherto, private medical practitioners have not been involved in the Family Planning Program or in the distribution of contraceptives; training facilities are now being planned and suitable incentives provided. IUD insertions are being carried out either as routine activities or through the organization of IUD camps. A series of these camps are organized in a district, 1 in each zone headed by a Lady Medical Officer. The response to these camps is enormous.^ieng