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The population problem started to become a matter of official concern in the mid-1960s. Three major dimensions 1 -Rapid population growth. 2- Geographical maldistribution. 3- Unfavoiable population characteristics. This concern manifested itself in the establishment of the Supreme Council for Family Planning, which put more emphasis on the population growth dimension. The state sanctioned a health approach to decrease reproduction through the provision of FP methods within the national family planning. In the early 1970s, the Supreme Council for Family Planning and Population approved a development approach with family planning. In the mid-1980s the national population policy was issued just after the setting up of the National Population Council, where principles, objectives, and techniques of achieving this policy were worked out. The policy resorted to the support of both the FP services and the socioeconomic development projects, as well as the support in order to impact upon the reproductive attitudes and behaviour. The continuous efforts made at that time generated positive results in controlling the population problem, most important of which are-: -The slowdown of the population growth rate from 2.8% during 1976- 1986 to 2.1% during 1986-1996 and to 1.94% during 2003-2004. -The decrease in the birth rate from about 40 per thousand in 1980 to 25.8 per thousand in 2004. -According to the results of EDHS, the infant mortality rate decreased from 108 per thousand in 1980 to 38 per thousand in 2001. -The increase in the use of FP methods from about 24.2% in 1980 to about 60% in 2003. -Results of population projections after the 1996 census indicate that the population will increase to 71.6 million in 2006, whereas the annual population growth rate will decrease to 1.8%. It is also expected that the total fertility rate will fall to 2.91 children per woman in 2006, and the birth rate will also drop to about 24 per thousand Accordingly, some recommendations should be highlighted which are:- 1- Assuring the importance of face-to-face communication especially the role of Raida Refia in rural areas in the field of family planning and reproductive health. 2- Increasing contraceptive prevalence rate through reducing the proportion of unmeet need and overcoming the problems of contraception side effects. 3- Increasing the availability of the reproductive health services. 4- Strengthening the role of religious peoples in the field of family planning. 5-Ensuring the importance of illiteracy eradication and education for female in order to increase contraceptive prevalence rate.
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