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CRHE Executive Director Amos Mwale
Center for Reproductive Health and Education (CRHE) has opposed the call by the Chinese Ambassador to Zambia Yang Youming urging Zambia to increase its population in order to grow more opportunities in the economy.
CRHE Executive Director Amos Mwale has explained to QFM News in a statement that it is inappropriate to increase the population with the current social and economic challenges in the country.
Mr. Mwale has furthermore explained that Zambia’s population rate stands at 2.9 percent which he says is not sustainable because it does not match with the enrolment levels of school as well as the health sector where most people depend on government services.
He says if there are ways and means that the Chinese Government can help Zambia to sustain the population they will do well to tell the nation rather than advocating for population growth amidst these social and economic challenges.