Asia-Pacific Population Journal - Volume 13, Issue 4, 1998

Lactational amenorrhoea deserves careful consideration within the family planning programme.

Many clients lack correct and specific information about side-effects for the method they are using.

In view of the comparatively high suicide rates in the region, greater attention needs to be paid to the gravity of the situation.

The last decade has seen increasing interest in population ageing, especially in the more developed countries of the world (Tinker, 1989). The explosion of books, journals and articles on ageing gives an indication of this growing interest. There are plenty of reasons for this interest: the profit motive, the debate about the provision of social services and health care, the involvement of elderly people themselves, and most importantly the changing age structure of the population, which will result in increasing dependency of the elderly on society.