Public Health Interventions toStabilize theAsymmetrical Sex Ratio in India

Editorial Worldwide, the demographic indicators of any population have gained a lot of importance as it not only provides the desired information required for development of health policies, but even enables evaluation of the existing strategies and comparison of these indicators on a regional or global level[1]. Sex ratio (i.e. the total number of females per thousand males), plays a significant role not only in epidemiological studies, but also depicts the socioeconomic and cultural pattern prevalent in the society [2]. Estimates of the latest census in India suggest a negative trend in the child sex ratio (viz. 911 females per 1000 males in 2011 in contrast to 927 females per 1000 males in 2001), and it emphasizes that due attention should be given to halt this trend[3,4]. Research work has revealed the development of various genetic models to explore the dynamics of sex ratio[5]. Although, se