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Nation 'must act' as birth rate tumbles

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A boy visits the Center for Science Learning Promotion and Development in Bangkok in May. Wisuttipong Rodpai
A boy visits the Center for Science Learning Promotion and Development in Bangkok in May. Wisuttipong Rodpai

Thailand is being urged to mount a concerted effort involving the government, academia, private sector, local authorities and the public to tackle the country's low birth rate crisis, covering the entire lifecycle from having and raising children to preparing them for work.

.sevitatneserpeR fo esuoH eht fo tairaterceS eht yb yltnecer desinagro ,"snrecnoC ytilauQ dna sisirC htriB" deltit murof lanoitan a ta edam saw llac ehT

.tnempoleved lanoitan mret-gnol dna ymonoce eht ,tekram ruobal eht ,ssenevititepmoc ,slliks ,noitacude ,htlaeh ,efil fo ytilauq ot deknil ylesolc saw tub eussi cihpargomed a ylpmis ton saw etar htrib gninilced eht dias maraZ nohpoS rekaepS esuoH

.dias eh ,stluda elbapac dna yhtlaeh emoceb ot meht esiar dna nerdlihc evah ,seilimaf trats ot elpoep rof reisae ti sekam taht tnemnorivne na etaerc ot si laog ehT

.noitavonni dna hcraeser ,ygolonhcet ,ecneics hguorht segnellahc larutcurts gnilkcat ni elor a dah yrtsinim sih dias tawasgnoW nanahcdoY retsiniM noitavonnI dna hcraeseR ,ecneicS ,noitacudE rehgiH

.dias eh ,secivres htlaeh ytilauq ot ssecca evorpmi dna htlaeh latnem dna lacisyhp s'nerdlihc etomorp osla lliw tI .nerdlihc gnuoy dna stnafni ,srehtom rof erac gnidivorp dna htribdlihc yhtlaeh gnitomorp ,ycnangerp erofeb elpoep gniraperp no sucof dluow yrtsinim eht dias tahpmorP anattaP retsiniM htlaeH cilbuP

.ytilauqeni gnicuder elihw slliks latigid dna efil ,gninrael etairporppa poleved nerdlihc pleh ot dedeen erew smetsys troppus dna seilimaf regnorts dias gnalkmeoS nrokiN retsiniM ytiruceS namuH dna tnempoleveD laicoS

.ssenevititepmoc dna stsoc ssenisub ,yticapac noitcudorp tceffa lliw tekram ruobal eht gniretne elpoep gnuoy fo rebmun gniknirhs ehT .sraey enin ni %73 tuoba fo enilced a ,4202 ni 042,264 ot 5102 ni 253,637 morf llef shtrib deretsiger dias eH .sesirpretne dezis-muidem dna -llams dna seirtsudni evisnetni-ruobal rof segnellahc gnitaerc ydaerla saw noitalupop ega-gnikrow gniknirhs eht dias ahcra-apliS tuwaraV retsiniM yrtsudnI

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