Pakistan Faces Mounting Crisis as Family Planning Services Struggle to Meet Demand

Hidden barriers

PAKISTAN is the fifth most populous country in the world. Nearly seven million babies are born in Pakistan each year — approximately 19,000 every day. The urgency of family planning is difficult to exaggerate. Yet the scale of the crisis can tempt us into believing that the solution is simple: create awareness, provide contraceptives and persuade couples to have fewer children. The reality in Pakistan is far more complicated. When my organisation began facilitating family planning services in...

By none@none.com (Naween A. Mangi)