INTERNATIONAL TRENDS IN HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM Click to edit Master subtitle style

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Population growth. . .

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. . . in Africa

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Demographic Trends by Region

Population growth rates vary greatly among regions and even among countries within the same region. One division is that between industrialized countries and developing countries.

On average, population growth in these regions is almost 5/5/12 per cent per year. 0.3

Africas high rate of population growth also masks variations within the continent. Rates of growth fluctuate from 2.0 and 1.6 per cent in Northern and Southern Africa to 2.5 and 2.7 per cent in Western and Middle Africa, while the average for the continent is about 2.4 per cent. In the last two and a half centuries the populations of countries have been going through the Demographic Transition first a decline in mortality then later a decline in fertility, the former allowing a massive increase in population before the latter takes effect. But many countries have not completed the transition. In the developed regions of the world following completion of the Demographic Transition, fertility rates have generally fallen still further, at a time of massive social change, this transition being termed the Second Demographic Transition.
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The HIV/AIDS pandemic has had significant effects on world population growth. But even in subSaharan Africa where it's effects have been most severe, the resultant mortality has not prevented population growth and will not prevent future population growth in 5/5/12 the Region.

During the 20th century, there has been a massive increase in international migration, mainly from the less developed to the more developed regions; and in recent years, this migration has been the cause of about two thirds of the population growth in more developed regions.

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Africas 1999 population of 767 million people is projected to nearly double by 2035. The continued movement of people from rural to urban areas (urbanization), means that all the growth of the world population during the next few decades will take place in urban areas.

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PROS:

Fertility and the proportion of people in their childbearing years continue to decline. women in most African countries want families smaller than those of their mothers and the use of family planning is increasing, together with access to services. Assistance from the international community will be made for improving health care, including reproductive health and family planning, for education and for womens empowerment. It can also be a reason for the international countries to be united. Africans love children, so as population rate increases, children are needed to support their parents in old age. Their contributions constitute an informal pension scheme. And having more children means a better pension. African countries stand a good chance of becoming world leaders in the coming decades. 5/5/12 Fast growing no. of health initiatives to solve inadequate distribution

CONS:

Actual rates of growth in industrialized countries will probably be higher. Population growth in Africa made even more difficult by high infection rates for HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases. Africa and its region was burdened by more than a decade of declining per capita food production and stagnating per capita incomes, providing and expanding the reach of health care services is a daunting proposition for the governments of subSaharan African countries Soon the human population will outstrip food production and we will all starve. As Thomas Malthus theory described. Now many Africans fear havingmany children. High levels of malnutrition especially children. 5/5/12