TANZANIA: Need to control Dar’s population growth
DailyNews reported on 12 December that in the spirit of Delivering as One in Tanzania, three agencies, namely UNICEF, UNFPA, and UNWomen, jointly launched their reports in Dar es Salaam with a focus on adolescents and issues affecting the population. During the launching ceremony, Hon. Anne Makinda, Speaker of the National Parliament, said that the implication of population growth will become bigger burden if it does not go hand in hand with the economic growth. UNFPA Deputy Representative Mariam Khan on the launch of the SWOP 2011, “People and Possibilities in a world of seven Billion”, says the world’s population reached 7 billion people on October 31, this year marking an important milestone adding that UNFPA sees it as a challenge, an opportunity and a call for action. “The 7 billion milestone is a wake up call, it is a reminder that we must act now," it addes. As part of UN System Delivering as One in Tanzania, UNFPA is addressing the needs of youth, girls, and women by supporting the provision of comprehensive reproductive health care including family planning and ensuring strong prevention agenda for HIV and AIDS as well as addressing population and development issues. Read in English: DailyNews