Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Monday said Bangladesh has been successful for controlling population growth rate as the current population increasing is now 1.22%.
"Population growth rate has decreased significantly as the government of Bangladesh has been implementing various effective family planning programme since 2009," he told a meeting titled "Population and Development" in Pattaya of Thailand, an official release said.
Partners in Population and Development (PPD) organized the meeting, where ministers and representatives from 27 countries participated. Health Minister Zahid Maleque presided over the meeting.
Highlighting successes in the health sector of Bangladesh, Maleque said Bangladesh has made remarkable progress in different key areas of health including population growth rate control and reducing child and maternal mortality rate.
"We have been lauded globally for tackling COVID-19 pandemic... we are now focusing on providing quality healthcare facilities," he added.
