Population Welfare

Population Welfare Department, Balochistan is striving for the wellbeing of masses in order to sanitize about small, healthy educated family. The objective of the program is to provide the Family Planning and Reproductive Health facilities on door step to eligible couples. Beside other indicators, health, population with joint level activities will able to address the high MMR and also minimize high un-met need in the province. Planning in each sector will not sprout fruit whenever, all the sectors will not catch the grass rout level issues.

Regional Training Institute

LIST OF EMPLOYEES OF REGIONAL TRAINING INSTITUTE, (ATTACHED DEPARTMENT) QUETTA

Regional Training Institutes

The Regional Training Institute Quetta, Balochistan came into being 0n 1st July 1974 in a rented building, and established on 1st july 1995 in its own building. After 18th amendment and consequent devolution of the Population Welfare Departments to the provinces, One Regional Training Institutes situated in Quetta, Balochistan was handed over to the Population Welfare Department, Balochistan.

Message:

Today Pakistan faces unprecedented challenges including climate change, food and water shortages and a severe energy crisis, all of which are aggravated by a rapidly increasing population. Rapid population growth is contributing to environmental degradation and depletion of natural resources, all of which are finite. Therefore we are left with the necessity of controlling population numbers.

Pakistan exhibits highest growth rate among the South Asian countries in spite of change in fertility trends during last three decades. In order to address this issue, the Population Welfare Department Balochistan has brought a paradigm shift from Family Planning to Reproductive Health Services. A strong commitment to control population growth and to provide Reproductive Health Services especially to the marginalized is the priority of the department. As an initiative, the Population Welfare Department Government of Balochistan has involved the religious community in the advocacy campaign for Family Planning. This strategy has proved quite successful in shifting public opinion in favor of Family Planning Programmes. Further, specially designed interactive campaigns have been developed and are being launched to address special groups such as policy makers, opinion leaders, youths and adolescents. The involvement of civil society, religious leaders, media and NGOs for promotion and acceptance of family planning services is pivotal for Population Welfare in Balochistan.

It is the commitment of the Population Welfare Department, Government of the Balochistan to provide all people the right to enjoy reproductive health, which is a basis for having healthy children, intimate relationship and happy families. The Balochistan Population Policy 2017 encompasses a vision of a healthy, prosperous and knowledge based society where every family is planned, every member nurtured and all citizens are provided with the opportunity to attain improvement in the quality of their lives. Intersectoral collaboration and individual responsibility on the part of men and women to control family size is vital to help us achieve this vision.

Objective:

The Population Welfare Programme, Balochistan provides Reproductive Health Services, mainly family planning information and services, maternal and child health (MCH) care services. Since the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), the Programme has expanded its focus to include more components related to Reproductive Health such as Reproductive Tract Infections (RTIs), Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), Infertility, Adolescent Health problems, etc. as per the 9 essential components of the Reproductive Health Package for Pakistan, which are as follows:

• Screening/early detection of breast and cervical cancers
• Management of infertility
• Management of RH-related issues of men, including male involvement and prostate cancer
• Management of other RH-related issues of elderly women
• Management of RH-related issues of adolescents
• Prevention and management of RTls/STls and HIV/AIDS
• Infant health care (newborn to children up to 1 year old)
• Maternal health care, including safe motherhood and pre & post abortion care to avoid complications

Comprehensive FP services for females and males

Vision:

Regional Training Institute the overall improvement of Reproductive Health status of people of Pakistan through

• Human Resource Development
• Capacity Building of Service Providers
• Family Planning & Contraception
• Maternal and Child Health Care

The main mission of Regional Training Institute is to create a competent cadre of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Service providers through imparting high quality competency based training.

Mission statement:

The Mission of Regional Training Institute is to create a competent cadre of Service providers through imparting high quality competency based training in Family Planning  /  Reproductive Health and Population & Development.

 Function of RTI:

• FWWs 24 months basic training to meet the staff requirement of the programme and the private sector & NGOs
• In-service training to medical officers of Family Health Clinics, MSU and doctors in the management hierarchy of the programme
• Pre-service training to female FWAs immediately after their selection
• Career development courses for programme personnel like Assistant Sister Tutors (AST), Field Technical Officers (FTOs), and FWCs, FWWs and master trainers
• Orientation/refresher training courses for doctors and paramedics on Family Planning & Reproductive Health Package
• Training of service providers (medics & paramedics) deployed at the service delivery outlets of PLDs, PPSOs, NGOs and RMP component
• Devise innovative training programme based on feedback received from the field to suit service delivery requirements.

Goals:

The Population Welfare Department Balochistan has outlined its goals as follows:

• Stabilize population growth as an essential requirement for promoting sustainable development with equitable distribution through vigorous implementation of inter-sectoral strategies
• Reduce fertility to contain population momentum by improving access to quality of reproductive health care through integrated service delivery
• Facilitate and guide relevant sectors to achieve SDG objectives related to universal access to reproductive health care services aimed at promoting general welfare of population.

Admission:

Admission is given to the local as well as domicile resident of the province Balochistan on the following basis on :

• Selection criteria of trainees of Pakistan Nursing Council (PNC).
• Matriculation with Science subject having 45% marks.
• Age between 15-30 years.
• Un-married.

Government of Balochistan
Population Welfare Department, Civil Secretariat, Block-4, 2nd Floor Quetta.
Director General Office: Phone/Fax: 9213238.Office 081-9213236
Address: Last Brewery Bus Stop. Western By Pass. Population Welfare, Opposite Fatimah Chest Hospital, Quetta.
E-mail: tennhabits@gmail.com (2015)

Population Welfare Department

Director General of Population Welfare