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Tunisia,
a founder member (joined PPD in 1994),
has a National Office on Family and
Population (ONFP) which is another
UNFPA Centre of Excellence.
Tunisia
was the first Chair of PPD during
1995-1998, followed by Honorary Chair
of during 1998-2002.
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A
National workshop on South-South Cooperation
in Reproductive Health and Population
was organized by National Family and
Population Board (ONFP), Tunisia in
collaboration with Partners in Population
and Development (PPD) in Tunis on
September 4, 2007.
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It
hosted the PPDs 1st Executive Committee
and 7th Board meetings in 1996 and
2002 respectively.
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Tunisia
has achieved major gains in population
programmes in general and RH and family
planning in particular. Tunisia has
one of the most progressive pro-choice
policies as related to women’s
health, empowerment, abortion and
poverty eradication.
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Tunisia
National Office for Family and Population
ONFP) has reinforced its activities
in South-South cooperation with French-speaking
African and Arab countries.
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In
1994, Tunisia created a National Solidarity
Fund, through a Presidential decision,
for a development strategy targeting
114 rural areas.
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Through
the initiative of PPD, Tunisia held
the first Francophone African Days
for South-South collaboration for
Reproductive Health and Development
in 1997. Delegates from Algeria, Benin,
Burkina Faso, Guinea, Ivory Coast,
Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger,
Senegal, Togo and Tunisia participated.
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In
1999, Japan launched an agreement
with Tunisia to lend support to South-South
activities between Tunisia and its
African neighbours. The Centre for
International Training of the ONFP
organised 16 training sessions in
contraceptive technology and programme
management for doctors, midwives and
managers from 13 countries.
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The
ONFP hosted then First Lady Hilary
Rodham Clinton at the Reproductive
Health Clinic in Kairouan for a roundtable
discussion on the South-South programmes
of ONFP. Tunisia also hosted parliamentarians
from France and Scandinavia. The country
has been very proactive in its activities
on South-South cooperation:
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Technical assistance to Benin and
Burkina Faso to design FP and RH
project management.
- Study
tours for 132 delegates of decision
makers and programme officers, 57
from 13 African countries, 47 from
7 Arab states
- Training
in prenatal care and mobile clinic
care techniques to reduce maternal
mortality
- In
1994, 1996 and 1997, offered internship
training for over 200 participants
- Initiated
bilateral cooperation agreements
with Benin, Burkina Faso and IPPF
Africa Region
- Partnership
with Morocco for a Regional Laboratory
on STDs
- ONFP
entered into partnership with NGOs
on EC
- Field
visits by Tunisian experts to transfer
expertise to Guinea-Bissau, Togo,
Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Mauritania,
Djibouti, Niger and Benin
- Conducted
3 RH training courses in Niger,
Algeria and Mauritania.
- Kairouan
Clinic offers practical training
to midwives from Benin, Togo, Uganda,
Senegal, Togo and Ivory Coast.
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