A member since 1997, Pakistan has made tremendous progress in the areas of population and development. PPD member countries. It has offered to various member countries its expertise and experience in curriculum design and development of training modules for the full range of RH programmes.
- Ministry of Population Welfare, Pakistan in collaboration with PPD jointly organized a one day workshop on “South-South Cooperation and Sustainable Development” on 5th September 2006 in Hotel Margala, Islamabad, Pakistan.
- In 1998, the Ministry of Public Welfare organised a national seminar on “Islam and Family Planning” for discussion and feedback from religious leaders.
- Two delegations of 10 religious scholars visited Bangladesh and Indonesia in 1997 to observe programmes on FP and Islam.
- Pakistan has several national institutes, which provide training opportunities to other.
- Pakistan introduced the Village-Based Family Planning Worker (VBFPW) scheme in 1992, first on a pilot basis and later at the national level. To date 7000 workers are practicing in villages, with a grassroots approach that provide better RH information and services to millions of Pakistani men and women.
Pakistan has benefited from fellowship awards from Egypt, Bangladesh, Indonesia and China.