WELFARE CLINIC
Swedish Aid For Pakistan (N.Z.P. A.-Reuter—Copyright) KARACHI, Mar. 1. Sweden and Pakistan today signed an agreement under which the Swedish Government is to set up a family welfare clinic in Pakistan and supply contraceptjves, experts, training and other facilities for the next five years. “Pakistan with a birth rate of 50 a thousand and a mortality rate of 20 a thousand has an annual growth rate of 3 per cent, one of the highest in the world. Unless controlled, it would result in a doubling of the population in 23 years,” a government statement said.
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Press, Volume CV, Issue 31000, 4 March 1966, Page 2
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97WELFARE CLINIC Press, Volume CV, Issue 31000, 4 March 1966, Page 2
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