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November, 2011
PPD
Board and Executive committee
met at Pretoria South Africa
Pretoria,
South Africa —
PPD
organized its 16th Annual Board
meeting and 18th Executive Meeting
in Pretoria South Africa with
remarkable participation of
its Board member. H.E. Mr. Ghulam
Nabi Azad, Honorable Union Minister
of Health and Family Welfare
of the Government of India and
Chair of PPD Board presided
over these events. This year
Board meeting, ornamented with
active participation of 9 Ministers
(PPD’s Board Members)
from different member countries,
representatives from different
donor agencies, Partner Country
Coordinators and Government
delegation from Sri Lanka.
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02
November, 2011
PPD
honored Professor Fred Sai
Pretoria,
South Africa —
During
the conference, on International
Conference on “Family
Planning, Population Dynamics
and Climate Change PPD honored
Professor Fred Sai with a lifetime
achievement award for promoting
South-to-South cooperation.
PPD and the Ministry of Social
Development of the Republic
of South Africa jointly organized
the event.
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1
November, 2011
Launching
of Publication on Innovative
Experiences in Addressing Population
and Reproductive Health Challenges
in PPD Member States
Pretoria,
South Africa —
PPD
launched its latest volume in
the Sharing Innovative Experiences
book series, Experiences in
Addressing Population and Reproductive
Health Challenges, which documents
10 case studies of innovative
practices and successful approaches
for tackling various aspects
of the population challenge.
The book was a collaboration
of the UNDP Special Unit for
South-South Collaboration, UNFPA
and PPD.
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1-2
November, 2011
International
Conference on “Population
Dynamics, Climate Change and sustainable
Development”:
Pretoria,
South Africa —
The
government of South Africa and
PPD organized the International
Conference on “Population
Dynamics, Climate Change and sustainable
Development”. H. E. Ms.
Bathabile Olive Dlamini Member,
PPD Board and Honourable Minister
for Social Development, Government
of the Republic of South Africa
inaugurated the conference in
the presence ministers from PPD
Member States, parliamentarians,
policy-makers, heads of leading
international organizations, NGOs
and the member of civil-society.
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31
October, 2011
2011
Annual PCC meeting held in Pretoria,
South Africa
Pretoria,
South Africa —
PPD
and the Government of South
Africa jointly organized the
PCC meeting on 31 October 2011
in Pretoria, South Africa. The
objective of the meeting was
to review and discuss PPD activities
and capacity building of the
Member countries’ focal
points. The meeting was attended
by international experts and
PCCs of PPD member states.
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20
September, 2011
Bangladesh
and Senegal received South- South
award 2011
New
York, USA —
Bangladesh
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and
Senegal President Abdoulaye Wade
were awarded the South-South Award
2011 for their outstanding contributions
to improving and replicating the
implementation of the health-related
Millennium Development
Goals and beyond the national
level.
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19
September, 2011
“India
fighting against non-communicable
diseases” – says
PPD Chair
New
York, USA —
H.E.
Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad, Minister
of Health and Family Welfare
of India and Chair of PPD, said
his country faced the “triple
burden” of communicable
diseases, new and re-emerging
infections and the increasing
incidence of non-communicable
diseases. Due to alarm over
their impact, India held a national
summit on non-communicable diseases
after the April 2011 global
health ministers conference
on the issue.
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07
September, 2011
PPD
Board Member of Bangladesh elected
as a Governing
Body Member of Global
Alliance for Vaccine and Immunization
(GAVI)
Joypur,
India —
H.E.
Prof. A. F. M. Ruhal Haque, MP,
Member, PPD Board has been elected
as a member of the Governing body
of GAVI, an affiliation of World
Health Organization (WHO) under
the UN. He has been elected to
the prestigious UN post for three
year term. Dr. Haque will represent
11 developing countries of Asia
in GAVI Governing Board meetings
in Next three years.
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24
June, 2011
18th Executive Committee meeting:
Dalian
City, China - The 18th
Executive Committee Meeting
of Partners in Population and
Development (PPD) was held on
23-24 June in Dalian City, China.
The meeting was organized by
PPD in collaboration with National
Population and Family Planning
Commission Government of the
People’s Republic of China.
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10
June, 2011
PPD
Membership participation nearly
universal at the United Nations’
High-level Meeting on HIV/AIDS
in New York
New
York, USA - The UN General
Assembly concluded its three-day
High-level Meeting on AIDS, held
during 8-10 June 2010 at UN Headquarters
in New York. The Meeting was aimed
to shape the future global response.
Many members of the PPD Board
were in attendance, including
H E Ghulam Nabi Azad, the Minister
of Health and Family Welfare of
India and the Chair of the PPD
Board.
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19
May, 2011
South–South
Workshop in Vietnam:
Hanoi,
Vietnam - A South –
South Cooperation workshop was
held at the International Conference
Center, Hanoi, Viet Nam on May
19, 2011. The workshop was jointly
organized by PPD and General Office
for Population-Family Planning
(GOPFP), Ministry of Health, Government
of the Socialist Republic of Viet
Nam. Dr. Nguyen Ba Thuy, Vice
Minister, Ministry of Health was
present as the chief guest at
the workshop.
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18
May, 2011
Meeting
with Vietnam Board member:
Hanoi,
Vietnam - PPD delegation
had a meeting with Dr. Duong
Quoc Trong, General Director
of General Office for Population-Family
Planning and Board Member, PPD
Board. Mr. Jooseery refreshed
Dr. Trong on the purpose of
the mission, shared the objectives
of the South –South Cooperation
workshop and necessity of forming
a National Task Force in Viet
Nam.
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14
April, 2011
Meeting
of PPD Stakeholders during 44th
Session of UN-CPD in New York
New
York, USA —
PPD
organized jointly a breakfast
meeting with the Permanent Mission
of Bangladesh on 14th April
2011 at the premises of the
Bangladesh Mission in New York.
The meeting was organized in
the context of the 44th session
of the Commission on Population
and Development for the participants
from PPD Member Countries, who
were attending the Commission,
as well as for representatives
from the Permanent Missions
of PPD countries located in
New York. The Mission of Bangladesh
graciously hosted the PPD meeting.
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04
April, 2011
17th
Executive Committee Meeting
2011
New
Delhi, India —
The
17th Executive Committee Meeting
of Partners in Population and
Development (PPD) was held in
Delhi on 2-4 April 2011. The
meeting was organized by PPD
in collaboration with the Ministry
of Health and Family Welfare,
Government of India.
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01
March, 2011
Reproductive
Health Bill in Philippines approved
The
House of Representatives Committee
on Population and Family Relations
of the Government of the Philippines
recently approved the consolidated
version of the proposed “Reproductive
Health Bill”. Supportive
Legislators who attended the
meeting were principal authors
Edcel Lagman, Janette Garin,
Luzviminda Ilagan, Kaka Bag-ao
and Walden Bello, Committee
Vice-Chairs David Kho and Rosenda
Ocampo, and Committee Members
Catalina Leonen-Pizarro, Antonio
Tinio, Mark Sambar, Salvador
Escudero, Teddy Casino, Reena
Obillo, Imelda Dimaporo, Walden
Bello, Joey Zubiri, Teddy Baguilat,
Orlando Fua and Marc Douglas
Cagas IV. Rogelio Espina presided
the meeting.
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31
January, 2011
Breakfast
Meeting with UN Representatives
of Member Counties
New
York, USA —
The
Observer Mission of PPD and the
Permanent Mission of Bangladesh
to the United Nations organized
a breakfast meeting on South-South
Cooperation for the Permanent
Missions to the UN on 31 January
2011 at the Bangladesh Mission,
in New York. Representatives of
several Permanent Missions and
United Nations agencies attended
the briefing
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17
-18 December, 2010
Consultation
Meeting on Networking among
Partners Institutions: Progress
and Challenges
Taicang,
China —
PPD
and CTC, China jointly organized
the Consultative meeting on
Networking among partner Institute.
It was opened by Mr. Wang Jianfeng,
Acting Mayor of Taicang Municipality.
The participants of this meeting
discussed important issues pertaining
to the progress made in integration
of PPD Generic Modules into
existing curricula of PIs; the
success and weakness in the
process of integration, the
opportunities and challenges
for the forward in strengthening
the PIs network.
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19
November, 2010
Dr.
Babatunde Osotimehin appointed
as the new Executive Director
of UNFPA
New
York, USA —
The
United Nations Population Fund,
welcomed the United Nations Secretary-General's
announcement naming Dr. Babatunde
Osotimehin as Executive Director
of UNFPA, to succeed Thoraya Ahmed
Obaid once her tenure ends on
31 December.
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03
November, 2010
RHSC’s
Executive Committee and SSW
Group meets in London:
London,
UK — On
the 2nd and 3rd of November,
2010, around 20 members of the
Systems Strengthening Working
Group (SSWG) gathered at the
offices of IPPF for a two-day
meeting to discuss ongoing work
and brainstorm ideas for future
work streams. The bulk of the
two-day meeting was devoted
to a brainstorming session where
members reviewed how the SSWG
could best conduct activities
to meet the needs of the Coalition
and the RH supplies community.
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28
October, 2010
PPD
Board and Executive committee
met at Yogyakarta, Indonesia:
Yogyakarta,
Indonesia —
PPD
organized its 15th Annual Board
meeting and 16th Executive Meeting
at Yogyakarta, Indonesia with
remarkable participation of
its Board member. H.E. Mr. Ghulam
Nabi Azad, Honorable Union Minister
of Health and Family Welfare
of the Government of India and
Chair of PPD Board presided
over these events.
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26-27
October, 2010
International
Conference on Promoting Family
Planning and Maternal Health
for Poverty Alleviation in Yogyakarta
Yogyakarta,
Indonesia —
The
government of Indonesia and
Partners in Population and Development
organized the International
Conference on Promoting Family
Planning and Maternal Health
for Poverty Alleviation in Yogyakarta,
Indonesia on October 26–27,
2010. H. E. Prof. Dr. Boediono,
M.Ec., Honorable Vice-President
of the Republic of Indonesia
inaugurated the conference in
the presence of Vice Governor
of Yogyakarta Sri Paduka Paku
Alam IX and H.E. Mr. Ghulam
Nabi Azad, Chair of PPD Board.
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24-25
October, 2010
Annual
Partner Country Coordinator meeting
of PPD:
Yogyakarta,
Indonesia —
PPD and the Government of Indonesia
jointly organized the PCC meeting
in Yogyakarta. The objective of
the meeting was to review and
discuss PPD activities and capacity
building of the Member countries’
focal points. The meeting was
attended by international experts
and PCCs of PPD member states.
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27
September, 2010
International
Symposium on Population and
Development in Yinchuan City
Yinchuan
City, China —
The
International Symposium on Population
and Development was held in
Yinchuan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous
Region in China, as an important
component of the first Sino-Arab
economic and trade forum On
September 27, 2010. H.E. Dr.
Li Bin, Minister of National
Population and Family Planning
Commission of China (NPFPC)
attended the symposium.
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19
September, 2010
Bangladesh,
India and South Africa get UN
MDG award
New
York, USA —
Bangladesh,
India and South Africa received
the UN Millennium Development
Goal (MDG) Awards for their
significant achievements towards
attaining the goal. The annual
MDG Awards support and raise
awareness of the Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs).
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16
September, 2010
PPD
Welcomes the Head of the new UN
entity: UN Women
New
York, USA —
United Nations (UN) Secretary
General Ban Ki-moon announced
that former Chilean President
Michelle Bachelet will be the
first head of the new UN agency,
UN Women. Bachelet was elected
the first woman president of Chile
in 2006. PPD applauds this appointment
and wishes Ms. Bachelet as a successful
mandate.
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13
August, 2010
Courtesy
call of the new Permanent observer
of PPD at the United Nations
to the UN Secretary General
New
York, USA —
M.
Sethuramiah L.N. Rao, the new
Permanent Observer for PPD,
presented his letter of appointment
to UN Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon on 13 August 2010 at
United Nations, New York. PPD
has designated Dr. Rao to serve
as its Permanent Observer to
United Nations from 1 July 2010
onwards. He replaced Mr. Jyoti
Shankar Singh, who has served
in this position from 2003 to
2010.
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02
August, 2010
Human
Resource Development for Health
Professionals in PPD Member States:
Contribution from India
New
Delhi, India —
India
provided 10 fellowships to PPD
member countries namely Bangladesh,
Nigeria, The Gambia, Vietnam,
Thailand and China, for a one
year Postgraduate Diploma in Public
Health Management. The course
is being held at the National
Institute of Health and Family
Welfare (NIHFW), India. The course
fees, accommodation, meals together
with allowances of Rs. 5000 for
each participant are fully taken
care by the Government of India.
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August, 2010
Documenting
Best practices in PPD Member
Countries
Bangkok,
Thailand —
Partners
in Population and Development
(PPD) in collaboration with
the Government of Thailand organized
a technical meeting of authors
and external reviewers of the
national innovative practices
in Bangkok, Thailand from 30
July to 1 August 2010
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07-09
June, 2010
Delivering
solutions for girls and women
: theme of the Women Deliver
Conference 2010
Washington
DC, USA —
The
Women Deliver conference brings
together people leaders, advocates
and officials from around the
world with an urgent purpose:
saving the lives of girls and
women. This global conference
was held in Washington DC on
June 7-9, 2010. Mr. Harry S.
Jooseery Executive Director
of PPD was present in this occasion
and attended different session
of this conference.
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27-28
May, 2010
Reproductive
Health Supply Coalition’s
first Annual meeting held in Kampala
Kampala,
Uganda —
The
Ministry of Health of Uganda and
Partners in Population and Development,
Africa Regional Office hosted
the 11th Annual Membership Meeting
of the Reproductive Health Supplies
Coalition at the Sheraton Kampala
Hotel from May 27th to 28th. This
meeting marks the first time the
Coalition has held its annual
membership meeting outside of
Europe or North America. Uganda
is the first African government
to join the Coalition.
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21-27
April, 2010
International
Workshop for Senior Officials
on Population and Climate Change
Taicang,
China —
Government
of the Peoples Republic of China
and PPD organized an International
Workshop for Senior Officials
on Population and Climate Change
in Taicang. His Excellency,
Mr. Lu Liusheng, Deputy Party
Secretary and Mayor of Taicang
City inaugurated the workshop
while Mr. Hu Hongtao, Deputy
Director-General, Department
of International Cooperation,
National Population and Family
Planning Commission of China
(NPFPC), Ms. Mariam Khan, Deputy
Representative of United Nations
Population Fund (UNFPA) in China
and Harry S. Jooseery Executive
Director Of PPD were present
on this occasion.
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06
April, 2010
AFP
project Launched in Indonesia
Jakarta,
Indonesia —
AFP
collaborative effort aimed at
up scaling family planning in
Indonesia was announced on 6 April,
2010. More than 100 participants
from different organization, government
officials, eminent experts in
Reproductive Health and journalists
attended the project launching
program. H.E Dr. Endang Rahayu
Sedyaningsih, MPH, Minister of
Health, Indonesia inaugurated
this event. Dr. Nazrul Islam of
PPD Secretariat attended this
event.
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01-05
March, 2010
First
Lady of Uganda Lauds the AFP Project
Kampala,
Uganda —
The
First Lady of Uganda, H.E Janet
Museveni, has welcomed the Advanced
Family Planning (AFP) Project,
which will help decrease maternal
deaths in Uganda. She noted that
family planning, which is not
only about spacing children but
also preparing for birth, is a
big component in maternal health.
Advance Family Planning (AFP)
launched in Uganda in March2010.
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25-26
February, 2010
A
technical meeting on documenting
Best Practices in Population and
Reproductive health:
Dhaka,
Bangladesh —
PPD
organized a technical meeting
on documenting National successful
approaches in population and reproductive
health in Dhaka on 25-26 February,
2010. This meeting was supported
by UNFPA, Hewlett and Packard
Foundation. Dr. Denis Nkala Chief,
South-South Unit (Asia & the
Pacific) UNDP, regional Centre
in Bangkok, Mr. Rabbi Royan Technical
Advisor, UNFPA APRO and Mr. Arthur
Erken Country Representative UNFPA
Bangladesh attended in this two
day meeting.
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15
February, 2010
15th
Executive Committee Meeting 2010
Dhaka,
Bangladesh —
The
15th Executive Committee Meeting
of Partners in Population and
Development (PPD) was held in
Dhaka on 15 February 2010. The
meeting was organized by PPD in
collaboration with the Ministry
of Family Planning and Welfare,
Government of Bangladesh.
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13-15
January, 2010
PPD
represented in Intra health meeting
North
Carolina, USA —
Executive
Director Harry S. Jooseery represented
PPD at Capacity Plus partners
meeting. This meeting organized
by Intra Health International
held in Chapel Hill, North Carolina,
USA
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