Islamabad:
In cooperation with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the population council appointed a meeting of the media coalition to the population on the subject “confiscated the moment – new developments in the SRH landscape in Pakistan: The catalysis role of the media”.
The meeting brought along leading journalists, religious scientists and medical experts to discuss how the media can accelerate progress in relation to family planning and reproductive health.
In his opening remarks, population Council Deputy Manager Communication Ikram Ul Ahad Highlighted Some of the Major Developments in Recent Months in Taking Forward Population Management, including the Council Of Islamic Idoology Affirming the Permissibility of Birth Spacing in Islam Related to Mother and Child Health Outcomes, The Prime Minister's Announcement of a High-Level Committee on Population, The Removal of Sales Tax on Contraceptives and The Passage of A National Assembly Recogising Population Growth as an urgent national challenge.
“We are at a crucial moment in which political leadership, religious consensus and fiscal reliefs agree. The media have to take this moment to strengthen voices from parliament, religious forums and communities and to translate these breakthroughs into public awareness and accountability,” he said.
The Population Council, Senior Director Dr. Ali me, put the need to build on the latest milestones and to recognize persistent challenges. “The dynamics that we see today is the result of years of basics, but strong differences in the provinces.
From a religious perspective, the International Research Council for Religious Affairs (IRCRA), Allama Tahmeed Jaan al-Azhari, spoke as a turning point for the latest judgment of Islamic ideology (CII). “The explanation of the CII – to confirm that the birth gap for the health of mothers and children is of essential importance and aligns itself with the Islamic teachings – delivers the moral clarity that Pakistan needed,” he said. He was based on Islamic principles of Meezan (balance) and added: “Islam not only allows, but promotes deliberate intervals between pregnancies to protect the health of women and the well -being of the family. This judgment is a strong instrument to dispel misunderstandings and to increase informed religious discourses.”
The FRCOG information secretary of the Society of Obstricians & Gynecologists from Pakistan (SOGP) and the Pakistan Academy of Family Physicians (PAFP), Dr. Saima Zubair, solved the rotary industry and the role of the media. “Pakistan can stand a mothers -mortity rate of around 180 deaths per 100,000 live births and a child mortality of 64 per 1,000. Almost 3.8 million unintentional pregnancies lead to uncertain abortions every year and endangered the lives of women,” she noted. She added that the distance birth can reduce newborn mortality by up to 50 percent at least 24 months.