Population Growth
Population growth is the increase in the number of people in a given area. In the last century, the population has increased at an alarming rate. The population growth rate was less than 2%, that is 20/1000/ year ( 2011 census). The reason for the increase in the population growth rate can be:
- Improved health facilities and better living conditions.
- Decline in death rate.
- The decline in maternal mortality and infant mortality rate.
- Increase in number of people in the reproducible age.
Population Stabilization And Birth Control – Class 12
Population Stabilization And Birth Control: Reproductive Health means total well-being in all aspects of reproduction, i.e., physical, emotional, behavioral, and social. Counseling and raising awareness among people about reproductive organs, adolescence, and associated changes, safe and hygienic sexual practices, sexually transmitted infections (STIs)including AIDS, etc., is the first step towards reproductive health. Other aspects of reproductive health include providing medical facilities, pregnancy-related aspects, STIs, birth control, population stabilization, pre and post-natal child and maternal care
India was the first nation in the world to start various action plans and programs at the national level towards attaining the social goal of reproductive health. The ‘Reproductive and Child Health Care'(RCH) program is currently in operation that covers wider aspects of reproductive health.