Dr. Magdy Sharaf El-Din, a population and reproductive health expert, said that the arrival of the Earth’s population to 8 billion people is an event and a very large number, as in 1989 the globe’s population reached 5 billion people, and this matter disturbed the United Nations, as they They saw that the Earth’s resources would not suffice the population increase, so a World Population Day was established, and there is a day every year that sheds light on population increase, as well as awareness campaigns on the part of the governments of countries.
Sharaf El-Din added, during his meeting on the “New Sabah” program, which is shown on the “Cairo News” screen, that population growth must be linked to the economic situation in each country in order to achieve development, and the economic situation will be better, as the population increase is like this. What is happening now affects the resources of the globe, and there are some countries in a dilemma, “in which European countries have estimated for a period of time to implement programs that reduce their population increase, and their population 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 there are 8 countries responsible for the population increase that occurs in the globe by 50%, «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 the economic growth. There must be some discipline in it.
