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‘Our resources are limited’: India’s battle to curb high birth rates in Bihar state | South China Morning Post

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As India is estimated to overtake China as the world's most populous country, medical officials in Bihar state say they are fighting a losing battle to lower the region’s high fertility rate. Community mobilisers like Pratima Kumari travel to rural areas armed with free condoms and other forms of birth control to tr…

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