Population and reproductive health expert Dr. Magdy Sharaf El-Din said that the arrival of the earth’s population to 8 billion people is an event and a very large number, since in 1989 the world population reached 5 billion of people, and this issue disturbed the United Nations, as they saw that the Earth’s resources would not be sufficient for the population to increase, therefore a World Population Day was instituted, and there is a day every year that makes light on the increase in population, as well as awareness campaigns by the governments of the countries.
Sharaf El-Din added, during his meeting on the “New Sabah” program, broadcast on the “Cairo News” screen, that population growth must be linked to the economic situation of each country to achieve development, and economic growth the situation will improve, since the population increase is so. What is happening now affects the resources of the globe, and there are some countries in a dilemma, “where European countries have planned for a period of time to implement programs that reduce their population increases and their demographic increase is now characterized by a kind of stability”.
The population and reproductive health expert explained that developing countries, especially in Africa and Asia, have rapid population growth, and 8 countries are responsible for the population increase that occurs in the 50 globe %, «including Tanzania, Egypt, Ethiopia, Nigeria , India and Pakistan, countries that have population growth that affects It depends on its economic situation and does not feel economic growth There must be a certain discipline in it.
