Yogi government is going to bring new population policy-2021-30 on July 11. In this, efforts will be made to reduce maternal mortality rate, neonatal mortality rate. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath himself will issue this policy on Population Day. The Chief Minister said that there is lack of awareness about population in some communities also. In such a situation, there is a need for community centric awareness efforts.
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The draft population policy was presented before the Chief Minister. Under the policy, access to contraceptive measures issued under the family planning program will be increased for the period 2021-30. There will be proper arrangement for safe abortion. Efforts will also be made to reduce neonatal and maternal mortality through improved health facilities and population stabilization by providing accessible solutions to the problem of impotence/infertility.
An important proposal in the new policy is to make comprehensive arrangements for the care of the elderly, apart from better management of nutrition, education and health of adolescents in the age group of 11 to 19 years. The Chief Minister said that poverty and illiteracy are major factors for population expansion. The period of outgoing population policy 2000-16 of the state has ended. Now a new policy is the need of the hour.
Targets set on different parameters in the policy
The Chief Minister said that all necessary efforts should be made for population stabilization along with awareness and better health facilities. In the course of awareness efforts, he also directed to set up health clubs in schools. Along with this, according to the spirit of the Digital Health Mission, arrangements have also been made for digital tracking of newborns, adolescents and old people.
He said that while preparing the new policy, efforts should be made to maintain the demographic balance in all the communities. Additional Chief Secretary Medical, Health and Family Welfare, Amit Mohan Prasad told the Chief Minister that the proposed population policy is being prepared after studying several reports including NFHS-04 in the state.
The report of National Family Health Survey-5 is going to be released soon. The new policy will accelerate the efforts of population stabilization. In this, two phases focused on different parameters have been set for 2026 and 2030.
