Women’s perception of their reproductive health before and after sterilization in rural Maharashtra, India

Few community-based studies in India have investigated the determinants of women’s self-reports of reproductive tract infections and other forms of gynaecological morbidity. One of the most striking findings to emerge from the few that have done so is the strong association between the use of female sterilization, or in some cases the intrauterine device (IUD), and reported or diagnosed gynaecological morbidity.