China to ban unreliable IUD.
After years of hesitancy, due to financial and manufacturing problems, the Chinese Government has finally moved to replace the steel ring IUD with the Copper T.  The steel ring, used by some 60 million women, has been pronounced unreliable by the WHO and is blamed for some 30% of the country's 10 million annual abortions.  It will no longer be manufactured.  China has received financial and technical assistance from the UNFPA to establish 2 factories to produce the Copper T 220 and next year it will expand this capacity, as well as starting production of the Copper T 380-A.  The introduction of the newer IUD is likely to prevent the following events during the next 10 years:  55,600 pregnancies, 18,400 live births, 35,600 induced abortions, 16.300 maternal deaths.  365,000 infant deaths, and 28,800 child deaths.  The cheaper IUD was used by more than 40% of Chinese women using modern contraception, making it the country's most common contraceptive method.
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