Cuba is encouraging its rapidly aging population to have more babies, state-run media reported Monday. The daily Granma newspaper reported that President Raul Castro called the communist island's graying population "one of the greatest challenges facing the nation because of its impact on social, economic and family life." Castro's cabinet has adopted a slate of policies to boost the fertility rate, including financial incentives, the daily reported. By 2027, the number of deaths in Cuba could surpass births, and overall population will not only get older, but also smaller, a state official said at the meeting.
via Health News Headlines - Yahoo News http://news.yahoo.com/graying-cuba-approves-plan-boost-birth-rate-175641018.html
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