Unplanned Pregnancy
222m women suffer in developing world
Says UNFPA report
UNFPA Representative Arthur Erken, left, and Health and Family Welfare Minister AFM Ruhal Haque, second from left, at the launching of a UNFPA report, “State of World Population 2012”, at Hotel Sonargaon in the capital yesterday. Photo: Courtesy
A United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) report stated that family planning was a right and about 222 million women in developing countries have unplanned pregnancy for not having access to contraceptives or family planning information. The annual report also emphasised on ensuring the right of the individual to freely and responsibly decide how many children to have and when to have them. UNFPA launched the report, “State of World Population 2012”, at Hotel Sonargaon in the capital yesterday alongside in all the capitals of the world. The theme is, “Family planning, human rights and sustainable development.” According to the report, a majority of people in the developing countries do not have any kind of family planning. The report also mentions that a three to five-year gap between each childbirth could reduce the child mortality rate in developing nations by 46 percent. Health and Family Welfare Minister AFM Ruhal Haque, present as chief guest, said the country's family planning programmes were functioning well. “We are lucky that a large proportion of our population consists of young people,” he said. He also cited the examples of China and other Western countries where an increasing elderly population has become a burden for the nations.
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