Qatar marks World Population Day on Sunday

Qatar, along with various countries of the world, will celebrate the World Population Day on Sunday. The day comes amid the conditions of the coronavirus pandemic for the second year in a row.

The Permanent Population Committee said, in a statement, that the celebration of this day aims primarily to remind all segments of society about population issues and their importance, in addition to promoting community awareness of population-related issues and highlighting issues of family planning, gender equality, combating poverty, improving maternal health and human rights.

The committee pointed out that the continuing outbreak of the coronavirus (Covid-19) has led to great economic, social and health repercussions that affected several countries of the world, especially the poorest ones, which do not have the health infrastructure or sufficient resources to confront the pandemic.

It noted that despite the repercussions of the virus globally, Qatar is one of the few countries in the world that has been able to deal with this pandemic thanks to the strong health system that provides the best preventive and curative health services to the country's population.

The committee pointed out that the population policy of Qatar for 2017-2022 stresses the need to improve the public health and provide its services in line with the increase in population and its geographical distribution.

The policy seeks to achieve a balance between population growth and the requirements of sustainable development, in order to ensure a decent life for the residents of Qatar, improve their capabilities, and enhance opportunities for participation in advancing the development and progress of Qatari society.

The Permanent Population Committee plays the role entrusted with it in following up the national efforts aimed at achieving the objectives of the population policy document and its specific measures aimed at controlling the rate of population growth, and reducing the imbalance of the population structure of the state and its repercussions, in co-operation with governmental and non-governmental agencies and institutions.