| Maternal
and Child Health Care Workshop
in Shanghai
An
International Course on Maternal
and Child Health Care was organized
at Shanghai, China from May
28 to June 11th 2007 by China
Training Centre (CTC) for Reproductive
Health and Family Care with
assistance from Partners in
Population and Development (PPD).
The workshop was attended by
40 senior and mid-level officials
working in the field of Maternal
and Child Health (MCH) including
Sexual and Reproductive Health
(SRH) from 21 developing countries
of Asia, Africa, Middle-East
and Europe.
The
objective of the workshop was
to support the institutional
development of Reproductive
Health Services Delivery Facilities
in the developing countries.
Participants
of the MCH Workshop in Shanghai,
China
In
addition to lectures, Mr. Hu
Hongtao, Deputy Director General,
Department of International
Cooperation, National Population
and Family Planning Commission
(NPFPC) of China presented a
paper on MCH and Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs) - With
reference to China’s experience.
For the transfer of knowledge,
experiences and expertise, participants
presented papers on the MCH
situation and programs in their
country. Dr. Shariful Islam,
Program Officer PPD made a presentation
on PPD in the workshop.
The
workshop covered topics of latest
development in the field of
MCH and also provided opportunity
for the participants to visit
the MCH programs of several
academic and research institutes
in Shanghai and Taicang.
Consultative
Meeting on Capacity Development
A
Consultative Meeting on Capacity
Development was organized
by PPD with assistance from
the United Nations Population
Fund (UNFPA) in Dhaka, Bangladesh
from 18-19 June 2007. The
meeting was attended by international
experts and consultants in
the field of Reproductive
Health, Population and Development
and representatives from UNFPA
and PPD Partner Institutions.
In his statement the chief
guest, H.E. Major General
Dr. ASM Matiur Rahman (Rtd),
PPD Board Member and the Honourable
Adviser, Ministry of Health
and Family Welfare of the
Government of Bangladesh,
underscored that the countries
in the South have lots of
successful experiences, expertise
and know-how which need to
be identified, scaled-up,
shared and exchanged through
capacity building to meet
the emerging needs of the
countries.
Mr.
Harry Jooseery, Executive
Director of PPD acknowledged
the support and assistance
that the Honourable Advisor
has extended to PPD to address
the burning issues of reproductive
health, population and development
in the region through South-South
Cooperation.
Participants
in one of the sessions of
the workshop
The
experts reviewed and discussed
the contents of the modules
at the meeting. The following
discussions also took place
during the meeting
- Institutionalization
of the modules,
- Strengthening
partnership through capacity
building of partner institutions,
- Initiating
expanded programs in order
to bridge the gaps between
the needs and capacities
of partner institutions
of member countries,
- Resource
mobilization, and
- Initiating
facilitation to complement
partner institutions through
their own existing potentials
and resources.
Consultative
Meeting on Strategic Policy
Development
APPD
in collaboration with UNFPA,
organized a “Consultative
Meeting on Strategic Policy
Development” from 20 to
23 June 2007 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
The objective of the meeting
was to analyze the findings
of the needs and priority assessment
of PPD member countries and
develop a 4 year Strategic Business
Plan for PPD from 2008-2011.
Participants
of the workshop
The
meeting brought together eminent
international experts in the
filed of Reproductive Health,
Population and Development from
USA, Thailand, China and Indonesia,
a senior representative from
UNFPA-New York and PPD Secretariat
Staff.
PPD
is in the process of developing
a four year Strategic Business
Plan for 2008-2011. A Needs
Assessment has been undertaken
by PPD in all the member states,
and following an analysis of
the findings PPD is developing
a Framework for concerted and
meaningful action for the coming
four years. These will be shared
with Board members and Partner
Country Coordinators for inputs,
after which the draft will be
shared and discussed at the
Board Meeting scheduled to take
place in Islamabad on the 8th
November 2007.
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