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Friday, April 22, 2011

Centre, states to go tough against pre-natal sex determination

Alarmed over the declining child-sex ratio in the country, the Centre and state govts have decided on a slew of measures, including monitoring use of ultrasound machines and setting up state inspection committees to check pre-natal sex determination.The decisions was taken at a meeting on Wednesday (20/04/2011) chaired by Union Health Secretary K Chandramouli and attended by senior health ministry officials of 17 states and Union Territories, which have skewed sex ratio.