Social determinants of sexual health

The silence of the Indian culture on issues related to sexuality compound many issues including help seeking related to neurotic and anxiety disorders (e.g., Dhat syndrome), the HIV epidemic, reproductive tract infections, sexual violence, contraception, abortion services and female genital mutilation. The cultural ambivalence and manifest conservatism result in a lack of political will to improve sex education in schools and formulate and implement policies related to sexual health. [...]the National Family Welfare and the Reproductive and Child Health Care programs have focused on antenatal care, hospital deliveries, immunization and contraception with an emphasis on postpartum sterilization.