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We’re shrinking due to falling fertility rates

“The data reflects a population crisis … where the mindset towards having children has changed” —Teera Sindecharak, an expert on demography at Thammasat University. UNLIKE say 20 or 30 years ago, it is becoming very rare nowadays to find a single family having between six and eight children, which was the norm then. In fact, […]

Fertility problem among men on the rise

PUTRAJAYA: There is worrying concern of infertility problems among husbands as indicated by scientific data and evidence, said National Population and Family Development Board (LPPKN) director-general Abdul Shukur Abdullah. Based on an international study, he said infertility problems among men have increased over the last 20 years and had reached 40 to 50 per cent […]