It is important to note that the most popular contraceptive method was the hormonal injectable, which accounted for 18.1 per cent of contraceptive use in rural areas in 2001, compared with 4.9 per cent in 1998.

Principles of evidence based medicine have transformed the way we look at clinical interventions and may prevent repetitions of public health disasters such as the inappropriate promotion of hormone replacement therapy and anti arrhythmic drugs.