Giving out "magic vitamins" and pamphlets encouraging women at reproductive age to eat well and exercise does not sound like a very good way to boost the country's declining birth rate. The noble-sounding slogan encouraging women to "have babies for the nation" is unlikely to achieve its goal either. Left unaddressed, Thailand's population is expected to have a zero growth rate in the next 10 years, according to the Department of Health, Public Health Ministry. The birth rate has declined from 2.7% in 1970 to 0.4% two years ago. While these measures will not hurt the birth rate, they are unlikely to improve it.

Source: Bangkok Post February 10, 2017 23:23 UTC