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India: The battle to lower the birth rate in one impoverished district

Kishanganj district in India’s Bihar state is one of the poorest regions in the country but is also home to one of its highest birth rates, with each woman having nearly five children on average. To try to curb the population growth, the local government is attempting to educate locals on family planning, distributing free condoms and even encouraging people to get sterilised.

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