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Dr. Badrawi gives a speech on the population challenge at the National Research Center

At the invitation of Dr. Suad Abdel Rahim, Director of the National Center for Social and Criminal Research, Dr. Badrawi gave his view on the demographic challenge facing Egypt, in the presence of Messrs. Ghada Wali, Minister of Solidarity, Grand Mufti Dr. Shawky Allam, Major General Khairat Barakat, Head of the Central Agency for Mobilization and Statistics, and Dr. Hisham Makhlouf, President of the Egyptian Statistics Association.

Dr. Hossam began his speech with an important introduction to his opinion, which he said in 2001 at a population conference 18 years ago, where Dr. Badrawi said in 2001 in his predictions:

“If the current situation continues without fruitful efforts to organize the family, the population of Egypt will reach 96 million in 2017, but if efforts are intensified, coordination and integration between the various sectors of the state with the civil sector, and we reach our national goal, which is two children at most for each woman, it will be The population in the same year was about 86 million people, i.e. 10 million people, a decrease in population, which is not a simple goal.”

He also said in 2001:

“Expectations, studies of housing projections, and a cost and feasibility study for the National Family Planning Program have shown that investing 4 billion pounds in this program over fifteen years will save the state 168 billion pounds, which it will spend on education, health, housing, drinking water, sanitation, and food support to accommodate the 10 million people from The population, which will constitute a burden on the state in these areas.”

also said

“Studies have proven that every pound spent on family planning in this sense brings a return of 33.8 pounds, which prompts us to emphasize my call to invest in Egyptian family planning.”