[lbo-talk] More boys born than girls in Vietnam and Nepal : UNFPA

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Thu Nov 8 16:44:45 PST 2007


Reuters.com

More boys born than girls in Vietnam and Nepal : UNFPA http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSHAN19978420071105?sp=true

Mon Nov 5, 2007

By Grant McCool

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam and Nepal are the latest Asian countries to show a trend toward fewer newborn girls than boys because deeply rooted cultural traditions lead to a misuse of medical technology, a U.N. agency study found.

Asians, particularly in India and China, have long been known to practice pre-natal son selection by using ultrasound and amniocentesis and then aborting unwanted female fetuses, the United Nations Population Fund said. http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSHAN19978420071105?sp=true



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