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Investment in family planning programmes termed integral to achieve growth
Islamabad
April 8, 2021
Islamabad : Investment in family planning is strategic and has far-reaching implications to achieve a sustainable population growth rate in Pakistan. Cohesive actions are required at the federal and provincial levels to improve family planning programs.
This was stated by Dr. Faisal Sultan, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Health, Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination in his keynote remarks at a consultative meeting held online.
Addressing the participants, Dr. Faisal Sultan also said the Council of Common Interest (CCI) recommendations provide a comprehensive framework for the federal and provincial governments to stabilize population growth.
Investment in family planning key to achieve sustainable population growth: Speakers
By Hamid Khan Wazir
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Dr. Faisal Sultan, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Health, Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination said that investment in family planning was strategic and has far-reaching implications to achieve a sustainable population growth rate in Pakistan.
Speaking as a keynote speaker at a consultative meeting here on Tuesday, he said that cohesive actions were required at the federal and provincial levels to improve family planning programs.
Dr. Faisal Sultan also said the Council of Common Interest (CCI) recommendations provide a comprehensive framework for the federal and provincial governments to stabilize population growth.
Pakistan behind Afghanistan in malnutrition
National
February 8, 2021
Islamabad: Public health expert Dr. Shahzad Ali Khan has said that malnutrition is a huge problem in Pakistan and Pakistan is placed in stunting growth index on 2nd number after Afghanistan while it is the worst in all indicators of stunting, wasting, underweight and exclusive breastfeeding.
Dr. Shahzad was speaking a webinar on “Nutrition integration for social protection and early education” organised here by Sustainable Development Policy Institute. Dr. Shahzad observed that minimum acceptable diet, meal and minimum diet diversity in Pakistan is poor in both terms of quality and quantity and hence, it must be improved.