Lucknow, 9th July 2021: Yogi government will bring a new population policy-2021-30. Under which, efforts will be made to further reduce the neonatal mortality rate, the maternal mortality rate in UP. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath himself will release this policy on Population Day .i.e July 11th.
“There is a lack of awareness about the population in some communities. Thus, there need to be community-centric awareness efforts”, said the CM. The draft population policy was presented in front of the Chief Minister at Lok Bhavan on Thursday.
Under this policy, access to contraceptive measures issued under the family planning program will be increased for the period 2021-30. There will be proper arrangements 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 aged 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.
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, in 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 informed the Chief Minister that the proposed population policy is being prepared after studying several reports including NFHS-04 in the state. The report of the 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.
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