World Population Day
July 11 of each year is dedicated to World Population Day. The International Conference on Population and Development which will meet in Cairo in September 1994, in addition to taking stock of the progress made since Bucharest in 1974 and Mexico in 1984, will address the following questions:
population growth and the evolution of demographic structures, in particular aging and the regional diversity of this evolution;
population policies and programs and resource mobilization for developing countries;
the relationships between population, environment and development issues;
internal and international migration and other changes in population distribution;
the links between the role and condition of women and demographic dynamics, notably motherhood during adolescence, maternal and child health, education and employment;
family planning programs, health and family welfare.
In Algeria, the government emphasized in its 1992 work program: “The Algerian population tripled between 1962 and 1992; it will double by 2025 and will be around 35 million inhabitants in the year 2000. This will result in an unsustainable rate of growth in social demand in terms of health, education, water, nutrition, housing and in a number of job demands which will increase proportionately, already standing at more than 240,000 per year. In addition, the size of the country and urbanization will require strong development of infrastructure: road network, rail, water supply, urban sanitation and environment.
The National Program to Control Population Growth (PNMCD), adopted in 1983 and revised in 1991, and the Program to Combat Infant Mortality (1983) have until now constituted the two explicit government interventions on demographic variables. The creation, on July 7, 1992, of a Ministry of Health and Population actively supported by certain non-governmental organizations, including the Algerian Association for Family Planning, attests to the degree of concern of the authorities.
population growth and the evolution of demographic structures, in particular aging and the regional diversity of this evolution;
population policies and programs and resource mobilization for developing countries;
the relationships between population, environment and development issues;
internal and international migration and other changes in population distribution;
the links between the role and condition of women and demographic dynamics, notably motherhood during adolescence, maternal and child health, education and employment;
family planning programs, health and family welfare.
In Algeria, the government emphasized in its 1992 work program: “The Algerian population tripled between 1962 and 1992; it will double by 2025 and will be around 35 million inhabitants in the year 2000. This will result in an unsustainable rate of growth in social demand in terms of health, education, water, nutrition, housing and in a number of job demands which will increase proportionately, already standing at more than 240,000 per year. In addition, the size of the country and urbanization will require strong development of infrastructure: road network, rail, water supply, urban sanitation and environment.
The National Program to Control Population Growth (PNMCD), adopted in 1983 and revised in 1991, and the Program to Combat Infant Mortality (1983) have until now constituted the two explicit government interventions on demographic variables. The creation, on July 7, 1992, of a Ministry of Health and Population actively supported by certain non-governmental organizations, including the Algerian Association for Family Planning, attests to the degree of concern of the authorities.