President Dr. Arif Alvi has urged upon all stakeholders to take appropriate measures to promote family planning services in the country. He stated that the role of media was highly essential to create awareness about family planning, child and maternal health and the importance of breastfeeding. He expressed these views during a presentation on Accountability Dashboard, given by Dr. Zeba A. Sathar, Country Director Population Council, at Aiwan-e-Sadr, today.
Dr. Zeba A. Sathar highlighted the importance of family planning services and the development of Accountability Dashboard which would play vital role to monitor and gauge the progress made by each province on the decisions of Council of Common Interests (CCI) with regard to reducing population growth and lowering total fertility rate.
The President also emphasised the need for improving coordination between the health and population departments of provinces so as to effectively promote family planning services. The meeting also underscored the need for expanded role of Ulema to sensitise and educate the people about the importance of birth spacing, family planning, and child and maternal health.
The meeting was attended by Parliamentary Secretary for National Health Services, Dr. Nausheen Hamid, Country Director Population Council, Dr. Zeba A. Sathar, Director General, Ministry of National Health Services, Mr. Shahid Hanif and other senior members of Population Council.
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