Ministry to increase family welfare centres to 30,000

ISLAMABAD—Ministry of Population Welfare would increase number of population welfare centre to 30,000 to provide maximum population welfare facilities to masses, across the country.
While, presently, the ministry has only 3,000 centres throughout the country, which are providing facilities to masses in terms of service delivery, advocacy, motivation for young married couples to boost the idea of smaller family, the source said on Tuesday.
The sources added that Federal Minister for Population Welfare Mir Hamayun Aziz Kurd is keen to extend the concept and range of Family Welfare Centres (FWC) and Reproductive Health Services Centres (RHSC) at union council level to facilitate the masses in rural and remote areas. The sources said that where the population was dispersed, especially in Balochistan, three family welfare centers in each union council would be established in the province.
Under the ongoing programme, the sources said the number of Reproductive Health Centres equipped with operation theatre, specialists for the back-up support during the surgical procedure, would also increased up to Tehsil level. Moreover, the sources said more Regional Training Institutes (RTIs) for the training of Family Welfare Workers (FWWs) will be established at divisional level. The sources said that presently there were 13 Institutes working and imparting training in various cities of the country, adding that 10 more new centers would be set up in the next five years.

—Online