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  • Title: Activities in connection with the 7th World Population Day.
    Journal: Afr Popul Newsl; 1994; (65):6-7. PubMed ID: 12319341.
    Abstract:
    On the occasion of the 7th World Population Day, the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) issued a press release. The total population of the world was estimated at 1 billion by 1830. The 2nd, 3rd, and 4th billion marks were reached within 30-, 15-, and 12-year interval periods, respectively. On July 11, 1987, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) instituted World Population Day to mark the world's population reaching 5 billion. In 1993 the world population was estimated at about 5.6 billion. The population of Africa was 0.7 billion, with the world's largest percent increases expected to occur in Africa. The Kilimanjaro Program of Action (KPA) on population was adopted in 1984, but fertility is still high in most member states of the region. There are also problems with bringing about desired declines in mortality levels and rural-urban migration rates; ensuring effective roles of women in development; implementing programs affecting children and youth; providing adequate data and information for the development of population policies; and ensuring the increased role of nongovernmental organizations in the development of such policies. The Dakar/Ngor Declaration on Population, Family and Sustainable Development was adopted at the 3rd African Population Conference with 42 recommendations. Environmental issues and food security were given special attention, and population targets were set. These include reducing Africa's annual growth rate from 3% in 1994 to 2.5% by the year 2000 and to 2% by the year 2010; increasing life expectancy at birth to at least 55 years for the region by the year 2010; and increasing contraceptive prevalence to 20% by the year 2000 and 40% by the year 2010. ECA intensified its activities to reflect the changing needs of member states in population and development research, environment, family planning programs, women in development, and AIDS. ECA is appealing to its member states to implement the Dakar/Ngor Declaration in their national population programs and overall socioeconomic development strategies.
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