Population control drive launched

RAWALPINDI:

The Department of Population Welfare and Family Planning (PWFP) has launched an awareness campaign to sensitise the youth especially the students.

Teams comprising both male and female trainers will interact with the students regarding family planning.

Both men and women will go through counseling sessions. For this purpose, a male advisory center for family planning has also been established at the Benazir Bhutto General Hospital, Rawalpindi. A procedure of vasectomy was done in 14 men to permanently stop an increase in population growth.

While talking to The Express Tribune, District Officer PWFP Shireen Sukhan said that in today's era when there is a shortage of resources and issues such as overpopulation is constantly escalating, we need effective and practical measures to contain it.

Although an expert human resource is required for fieldwork at the district level, with the available resources, our department is still conducting several activities, she said. “As 50% of our population consists of young people, the need for better counseling for future planning has increased, therefore, our department has decided to start an awareness program at the level of colleges and universities,” she added.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 14^th, 2022.