Population Welfare Programme--Pakistan experience
Kazmi, M.A.
Population Manager Icomp Review 3(2): 33-40
1989
PMID: 12282997 Document Number: 338137
The proposal for Pakistan's family planning program in the 7th 5-year plan (1988-1993) is based on the experience gained during the previous plans. The current program emphasizes better and wider delivery of birth control services and a more intensive and varied motivational program. During the 7th plan, the emphasis will be on lowering the population growth rate. Overall policy will attempt to bring about a behavioral change in favor of safe delivery. Fertility management will be the key development objective. A multi-sectoral approach will be followed by involving all ministries and departments in dealing with population-related issues and by incorporating population components in their activities. These ministries and departments are expected to play a vital role in contributing to the communication strategy, population education, and service delivery. The objectives of the plan are 1) to raise contraceptive prevalence from 12.9% to 23.4% by 1992-1993, 2) to provide reproductive care to mothers and child health care to children under 5, 3) to reduce the crude birth rate from 42 to 38/1000, and 4) to prevent 3.1 million births. Strategies aim at strengthening field implementation and service delivery systems, introducing mobile service units, and emphasizing effective contraceptive methods. The monitoring and evaluation section lacks training resources, does not provide sufficient information to policy makers, and lacks good monitoring and evaluation at the operational level.