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Speaker for family planning curricula at varsity level
Speaker Shaikh-Razzak All yesterday emphasised on political commitment as well as coordinated action by politicians and government officials to combat the population problem, reports UNB.
"We need an Integrated population policy and right effort for solving the problem', the Speaker said urging all to come forward with clear political philosophy and commitment on population control issue.
He urged the planners to consider formulation of curricula on family planning and contraception at the college and university level.
He was speaking as chief guest at a function here on the occasion of National Population Dey.
The Prime Minister's Population Award 1992 for the non-government organisations and certificates for the best divisional field workers were distributed at the function Jointly organised by Health and Family Welfare MftTfStry, Directorate of Family Planning (IBM Unit). UNFP and Pathfinder at Osmani Memorial Hall.
Health and Family Welfare Minister Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yusuf. State Minister for Health Slrajul Haq, Country Representative of UNFP Charles H Larsimont, Country Representative of Pathfinder Dr M Alauddin, Director General of Family Planning Directorate AKM Rafiquzzaman and Secretary of Health and Family Welfare Ministry Syed Ahmed spoke on the occasion.
Calling for a social movement for population control, the Speaker said national development is impossible without controlling the current growth rate of population.
In this context, he recalled that late President Ziaur Rahman Identified the population boom as number one problem and the family planning as a political programme.
Health Minister Chowdhury Kamal Ibnc Yusuf said the government has taken an initiative to integrate the population issue with development programme considering it as part of the development prtfcess.
He pointed out that the national population council, the highest policy making body on population issue at the national level, was reconstituted with the Prime Minister in the chair.
Emphasising on orientation about contraception to the newly wed couples, the Minister said these couple need to be oriented to the means of family planning so that they are able to exercise control over their own reproduction.
Country Representative of UNFP Charles H Larsimont called for building strong political commitment, family planning infrastructure, high k-vel social and cultural acceptance of family planning and international support to check the population problem.
Country Representative of Pathfinder Dr M Alauddin said the success of family planning lies In how the programme cun turn the large number of newly wed couples into committed family planners from the very beginning of their conjugal life
Later Speaker Shaikh Razzak All distributed the Prime Minister Award to NGOs Swanirbhar Bangladesh of Dhaka won the National level award while Sukhi Parlbar of Khulna. Mahlla Sama) Kalyan Samlty of Dhaka. Tengamara Mahlla SabuJ Sangha of Rajshahl and Nishkriti of Chittagong won the divisional level awards.
Mosammat Majeda BegUm of Bagerhat. Sufia Khatun of Pabna, Hasina MOnir of Lakshmlpur, Kohtnur Akhter of Barguna and Hena Rani Chandra got the best field worker awards from the five divisions of the country.