WORL POPULATION DAY 2017 - Family Planning, A Tool for Population Control

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As the whole world celebrated the 2017

World Population Day on July 11, some medical stakeholders on Monday urged Nigerians to consider family planning as a key to regulate population growth and reduce maternal deaths.
The stakeholders, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, also called for more investment in Family Planning methods to provide adequate sexual and reproductive health services in the country.
The theme for 2017 World Population Day is: “Family Planning: Empowering People, Developing Nations’’.
As at Monday, July 10, a website, www.worldometers estimates the current population of Nigeria to be at 191,892,343 , based on the latest United Nations (UN) estimates.

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