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LAHORE, Sep 30 (APP):Population Welfare Department (PWD) Punjab in collaboration with the United Nations Population Funds (UNFPA) organised a focused consultation meeting on the draft Punjab Population Policy, here on Monday.
Population Welfare Officers, and representatives of UNFPA, IRMNCH, P&SHCD, and P&D participated.
Director General Population Welfare Department Saman Rai and Additional Secretary Tech, Dr Naila Altaf presided over the session while Consultant Dr Tauseef presented the draft policy.
The DG PWD said that 2024 would be a significant milestone for UNFPA. It marks the implementation review of the International Conference on Population and Development Agenda. She added that it would also look at the mid-term review of the UNFPA Strategic Plan 2022-2025 as well as future UN summits. These milestones were taking place against a backdrop of growing humanitarian crises, changing geopolitical contexts, growing inequality, climate impacts, increasing misinformation and continued push back against reproductive health and rights, the DG added.
Saman Rai said that the monthly sufficiency in the field outlets and the procurement status of contraceptive drugs during the financial year were also updated. To achieve the objectives, she stressed on studying the existing contraceptive use behavior so that strategies could be developed accordingly.
The Population Welfare Department continues to make significant progress in its mission of promoting family planning and reproductive health across the region, the DG added and said Pakistan had aligned its FP2030 commitments with its national targets based on the Composite Coverage Index (CCI) recommendations and the targets set for the National Action Plan for the completion of CCI-recommended key areas for strengthening family planning.