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India to host ‘Vasectomy Fortnight’
17th November: To Promotion of Male Participation in Family Planning and Spreads awareness about Vasectomy Government of India is hosting Vasectomy Fortnight from 21st November to 4th December 2017. Globally men’s involvement in family planning is dismally poor. In some countries, they have altogether give up on promoting family planning among men. In India, vasectomy …
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Dr. Joe Thomas, Executive Director of PPD visited Rohingya Refugee Camp at Cox’s Bazar
Dr. Joe Thomas (from left nine) with the adolescent girls at UNICEF Child Friendly Space of Refugee camp, Cox’s Bazar Dr. Joe Thomas, Executive Director of Partners in Population and Development (PPD) visited Cox’s Bazar to study the Rohingya refugee situation, an unprecedented level population displacement with significant social, economic and cultural consequence. According to IOM, …
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India’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has launched new Contraceptives
September 5, Dhaka: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of the Government of India has launched two new contraceptives – an injectable contraceptive Medroxyprogesterone Acetate (MPA) named Antara and a contraceptive pill, Chhaya in the public health system. These would help expand the basket of contraceptive choices to address the unmet contraceptive needs of couples. Dr. …
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Meeting of the Partners in Population and Development (PPD) Dr Denis Broun with the Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Mr William Lacy Swing in Geneva
9th August 2017 The Permanent representative of PPD in Geneva met with the Director General of IOM. This was the first ever meeting of PPD with IOM. An introduction to PPD was given and IOM’s mandate was exchanged including the importance of South- South Cooperation on these issues. The DG stressed on the increasing need …
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UN-ECOSOC High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development opens with focus on Ways to End Poverty, Gender Inequality, and Structural Barriers
The Economic and Social Council’s High-Level Political Forum tasked with reviewing progress on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development opened its second annual session today, with participants welcomed its focus on particular goals and targets, as well as its central theme of poverty eradication and the promotion of prosperity “in our changing world”. It is the …





