Government Launches New Population Policy Plan.

Byline: Evelyn Lirri

The government has launched a new population policy action plan that will guide it in addressing challenges of a fast-growing population. The action plan will largely implement what has been outlined in the population policy which was put in place in 2008.

The policy calls for more investment in the growing population, addresses issues of appropriate planning for a rapidly growing population, investing in family planning for child spacing and identifying critical concerns that must be tackled to ensure a quality population, among them poverty, illiteracy, disease and unemployment.

Demographers say Uganda's population growth rate, …