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FAMILY-PLANNING-SERVICES (with picture)
Rajshahi population growth rate decreases to 1.25
RAJSHAHI, July 7, 2018 (BSS)-The population and reproductive growth rates
have been decreased to 1.25 percent and 2.1 percent respectively by dint of
field level uninterrupted supply of contraceptive items during last nine
years in Rajshahi division.
In 2009, the increasing rate of population and reproductive was 1.39 percent
and 2.2 percent respectively in the division comprising eight districts.
Parimal Kumar Roy, divisional director of Department of Family Planning
(DFP), said rate of contraceptive users has been increased to 71.6 percent at
present from 67.4 percent in 2009 as contraceptive materials and 22 category
medicines are being supplied free of cost from all the service centres.
“We have also achieved success in reducing the rate of maternal and child
mortality,” he said categorically adding that maternal and child mortality
rate has been decreased to 1.7 percent each at present from 3.2 and 4.8
percent respectively among 1,000 live birth in 2009.
Eight new 10-bed mother and baby welfare centres (MBWC) were constructed for
providing emergency postnatal cares.
A total of 395 including two new union health and family welfare centres
(UHFWC) are encouraging the grassroots people to get services.
Some 310 UHFWCs are providing normal delivery services round the clock
contributing a lot towards reducing maternal mortality. ‘Mayer Bank’ has been
launched to encourage institutional delivery.
Emergency service package for newborns is being introduced at all service
centres in phases. Adolescents-friendly health corner has been launched in
two MBWCs and 20 UHFWCs.
Emergency obstetrics care services are continuing in eight district level
MBWCs.
Upazila level people are getting maternal and child healthcare and family
planning services from 12 MBWCs. A model family planning clinic has been set
up at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital providing services to the target
people regularly.
The DFP has brought more than 712 fertile couples residing in slum areas of
Rajshahi City Corporation under its services.
There are around 910 fertile couples in 11 slum areas and necessary
motivational and counseling activities are being promoted to bring the rest
under the planned family campaign.
Success of building planned family in slum and underprivileged areas of the
metropolis has started becoming visible by dint of need-based and diversified
motivational activities.
Side by side with the government agencies, many non-government organizations
have come together for building calculated families everywhere in the
metropolis through substantial and sustainable promotion of reproductive
health services for the city dwellers, particularly poor and marginalized
ones.
With this breakthrough, many of them have realized the importance of building
planned families with one or two children each for their happiness.
Ferdousi Begum, 30, wife of a van-puller Aktar Hossain, said they have been
living in Chobaria Paba over the last 12 years. “We expected a male child
very much and have four daughters and one son,” she said.
Ferdousi said now she understands what a fault it was for them to have more
than one child as they fail to provide them with necessary food and medical
services.
Not only Ferdousi, many couples of slums in the city have more than two
children.
Population in the slum areas is decreasing day by day due to diversified
interventions and available of family planning and adequate reproductive
services.
Meanwhile, 45,752 people including 19,094 females received family planning
services from 1,695 community clinics.
Moloy Roy said family planning and maternal and children healthcare services
were provided to 37,413 people of 12,346 houses in 1,278 barracks under
Ashrayan Project till March last.
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