PAP 3325 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: World Population Conference, Primary Healthcare, Reproductive Health
12 Nov 2016
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Reproductive health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity in all matters relating to the reproductive system at all stages of life. Good reproductive health consists of: people are able to have satisfying sex life, capability to reproduce, and, freedom to decide when and how often to do so. Population policy: all deliberate government actions intended to influence population growth, size, distribution, and composition. Population structure: over-population, under-population, optimum population, carrying capacity. Population variables: fertility (# of children mother produces in her lifetime, birth, death, age group, migration. History of population history: population control in development agenda since 1960s. Allocation of population budget for family planning for third world: first decade of development population growth consumes the fruit of economic growth, world population conference, 1974. Reflection on broader awareness on population issues. Shift in population debate: population control for economic growth:
