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Lesson Role of National Agencies Involved
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in Population Management

More than 1.4 billion people around the world live in
FACTS extreme poverty less than US& 1.25 per day and nearly
to Understand 2 billion more live just above that level. The world's poor
not only lack household assets and income, but also
suffer from malnutrition and poor health, hindering their
economic opportunities. The situation is more vulnerable
in highly populated least developed countries.

There are several national level organizations involved in population
management. They set rules and regulations regarding population management.
They conduct various programmes nationwide and many people get benefits from
these programmes. Some of the national organizations and agencies involved
in population management are
Ministry of Health, Population Do You
Education Projects and Programmes, Know There are about
Non-formal Population Education 1103 health related
and Health Clinics play a vital role. organizations in Nepal.
Some of the major agencies and their
functions are discussed below:

1. Ministry of Health and Population

The Ministry of Health and Population is the highest level governmental
organization responsible for population management. It formulates policies and
implements various programmes and coordinates and provides supervision among
the agencies and conduct population management programmes; for example, this
agency celebrated Family Planning Day 2073 on September 21, 2016 AD. It makes
people aware and helps to manage population.

2. Population Education Programmes

These agencies are very important to control rising population of Nepal.
They teach the people to establish the coordination between the population and
available means and resources. The Ministry of Education has been conducting
formal population education programme since 1980 AD (BS 2037) with financial
assistance of UNFPA and the technical assistance of UNESCO. In order to make
this programme more effective program formulation, monitoring, evaluation

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