Sindh Information Minister Shazia Mari said on Wednesday that the problems are well beyond the available facilities, but government is making its all efforts to increase the living standard of people, she was addressing inauguration of 'Birth Rate Control Program' held by Family Advancement for Life and Health (FALAH). The project is being sponsored by USAID (an USA based organization), Dr Jam Mehtab Dahar Providential Minister of Population Welfare, Dr Saghir Ahmed Health Minister, Shafiq Ahmed Khoso, Secretary of Health, Alam Din Bullo Secretary Department of Population Welfare, Dr Zeha A Sathar, Country Director Population Council Pakistan and others. Shazia further said that the government will take initiative to increase the program in all the districts of the province and also launched awareness program to the mass. She said that unfortunately in our country, the woman does not understand another woman; she added that the government will raise and try to solve all the women issues. Similarly, the other guests have also addressed on the occasion. Earlier the representatives of the organization including Saifullah Bhutto of FALAH and others highlighted the activities of their project, they said that the goal of U.S. assistance to Pakistan is to support peace and stability in South Asia over the long term. Continued, broad-based economic progress is essential to maintain and enhance Pakistan's political and economic stability. They said that the U.S. Government re-opened the USAID mission in Islamabad in 2002. From 2002 through 2007, USAID provided nearly $2.4 billion (including Emergency Economic Assistance) to address pressing needs in education, health, economic growth, and good governance, as well as assistance for reconstruction in areas devastated by the October 2005 earthquake. They said about education sector in which, approximately 79 percent of Pakistani children between the ages of 10 and 16 are out of school. Nearly half the adult population is illiterate -with approximately 42 percent of Pakistani women unable to read. USAID's education programs cover the entire spectrum, including early childhood instruction, education policy reform, literacy and scholarships for higher education. In the remote and underserved areas of Balochistan and Sindh, USAID helped teachers, school administrators and parents form more than 3,000 committees to improve their government schools. In the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), USAID is rebuilding 65 schools. Beginning 2004, USAID is giving 500 students Fulbright scholarships to study in the United States and need-based scholarships to 906 students to study in Pakistan. In health sector People in Pakistan's health indicators are among the worst in the world. For every 100,000 children born, 500 mothers die. 79 infants die for every 1,000 live births. Communicable diseases such as tuberculosis remain a serious concern. USAID is upgrading 31 hospitals and training 3,000 health staff to improve care for pregnant women and newborns. It increases the availability of quality reproductive health products, so families can space births. USAID helps to eradicate polio, reach communities vulnerable to HIV/AIDS and decrease the incidence of tuberculosis. As well some other projects are also under process.