IMA observes World Population Day
Addressing the workshop, additional director, health and family welfare, Dr DN Sharma said that India is the largest populated country after China with a population of 126 crore. A population of about 2.26 crore is added every year, he said adding that a country like Australia is added every year to Indian population, and every sixth person in the world is an Indian. Speaking on the occasion, the chief medical officer Dr. RS Verma said that the health department is providing many facilities and service for population control. Though the acceptability of these services is not satisfactory, it is an encouraging trend that the number of families with more than three children is reducing. Presiding over the function, the IMA president Dr PC Sharma said that since the youths are in majority in the country there is a need to educate them about birth control. The function was also addressed by IMA secretary Dr Sanjay Rai, additional CMO Dr RP Tiwari, regional coordinator of UNICEF Dr Sanjeev, and others. On the occasion of World Population Day, similar workshops were also organised at the primary health centre in development blocks.
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