Prepared By Dr. Osama Refaat. International Consultant Population Communication Resource Person

Size: px
Start display at page:

Download "Prepared By Dr. Osama Refaat. International Consultant Population Communication Resource Person"

Transcription

1 Prepared By Dr. Osama Refaat International Consultant Population Communication Resource Person 1

2 Acknowledgement I would like to thank Dr. Joe Thomas, Dr. Nazrul Islam and all PPD family for their kind invitation to such very important event. I would also acknowledges much Dr. Robert Gillespie for giving me the honor to represent population communication and Gillespie Foundation at this crucial international event. 2

3 What is the World Problem The Rapid World Population Growth Rate Years Per Billion 3

4 Population Clock, 2016 Population Clock Per Minute,

5 From the respect that Gillespie Foundation & Population Communication founded to prescribe policies, actions to explore the cradle to the grave actions to achieve population stabilization & to conduct innovative family planning projects and to communicate population messages to national leaders in developing countries, They effectively supported Egypt & most of Partner Countries of South South Cooperation to achieve their population stabilization 5

6 Having an Effective Integration of Population Dynamics into Policies and Strategy Changes Need Conducting researches and survey studies to find out variable root causes of population problems. Assessing the actual needs of each community. Identifying the new interventions which may cause obstacles in the implementation of strategic plan. Community participation to achieve the population goals. Help Leaders, Policy Makers & Stakeholders to Take Corrective Actions & Proper Decisions in Modifying their Policies and Strategic Planning of National Population Program. 6

7 At the time of the PPD founding in ICPD, The Population Statement with the signatures of 75 heads of government presented on behalf of President Suharto by Mr. Haryono to Dr. Nafis Sadik with the presence of Dr. Bob Gillespie 7

8 Collaboration of Gillespie Foundation with the International Resource Person of Egypt Developing Population Stabilization polices & Programs of Egypt, A Survey of Surgical and Non-surgical Contraceptive Practices in 51 Teaching Hospitals. Population Statement Report of Egypt. Financial Expenditures for Family Planning and Population Programs in Egypt. Small Family Club Proposal (Enhance Having 2 Educated Children) Survey Study on Discrepancies of Contraceptive Methods Prices in Egypt 8

9 What is the Problem Right Now? Crisis of Over population Limited Resources 9

10 Crisis of Over Population with Limited Resources Leads to Leads to Weakness in Economical Status Deterioration in Social Status Development Obstruction Poverty Declining in Population Characteristics Unable to Access Comprehensive SRH Rights 10

11 Declining Population Characteristics Have a Direct Effect on: Reproductive Health Characteristics o Fertility rates. o Reproductive tract infections & sexually transmitted diseases. o Neonatal, infant, child and maternal mortalities. o Life expectancy. Educational Characteristics o High illiteracy and declining educational level. Social Characteristics o Decrease of woman s participation in labor force. o Unemployment rate. o Marital Status. Economic Characteristics o Population development and Resources 11

12 Sexually Reproductive Health & Poverty Poverty is associated with large family size in the poorest countries with the highest population growth rates. Poverty is one of the main precipitating factors of unintended pregnancy, unsafe abortion, maternal mortality, violence, STIs/HIV, exploitation, and discrimination or gender identity. In developing countries, more than 40% of girls have their first child before they reach the age of 20 which may force them to drop out of school or to stop working outside the home, thus risking a fall into deeper poverty. 12

13 Sexually Reproductive Health & Poverty Sexual & Reproductive Health Information Education Services Human Rights A research has suggested that A fall of 5 per 1000 people in the birth rate in 45 countries would have led to 1/3 drop in the incidence of poverty. (UNFPA 2010) 13

14 Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights The Right to Health, Be free from discrimination, Privacy, Determine the number and spacing of one s children, and Be free from sexual violence. 14

15 92 Millions 15

16 Cost of One Birth in Egypt Based on Figures of Births / Day The Cost of One Birth / Year/ Each Ministry=LE5000 Egypt Has 30 ministries The Cost of One Birth /30 Ministries/ 20 Years = LE3,000,000 16

17 The Population Growth Rate (%) in Egypt From (CAPMAS-2016) 17

18 Total Fertility Rate of Egypt

19 The Maternal Mortality Rate of Egypt

20 Neonatal, Infant and Under- Five Mortality Curve During

21 21

22 National Population Income and Expenditures of Government, NGOs and Private Sector, Egypt,

23 Comparison between the Purchasing Prices of Different Contraceptive Methods and Private Service Fees 23

24 Egypt Population Growth from 1965 to 2015 & Population Projections with Various Total Fertility Rate (TFR) Assumptions From 2015 To 2065 (Updated by Population communication/california) 24

25 Most of underdeveloped and developing south countries are still having a long journey to achieve population stabilization as they are looking forward to be achieving in

26 Thank You 26

TOWARDS UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO FAMILY PLANNING INFORMATION AND SERVICES IN PAKISTAN

TOWARDS UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO FAMILY PLANNING INFORMATION AND SERVICES IN PAKISTAN TOWARDS UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO FAMILY PLANNING INFORMATION AND SERVICES IN PAKISTAN POPULATION DYNAMICS IN PAKISTAN Pakistan is the sixth most populous country in the world with 208 million people and a population

More information

Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme and of the United Nations Population Fund

Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme and of the United Nations Population Fund United Nations DP/FPA/CPD/ALB/2 Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme and of the United Nations Population Fund Distr.: General 11 October 2005 Original: English UNITED NATIONS POPULATION

More information

FIGO Initiative to Prevent Unsafe Abortion Arsen Askerov 11 September, 2009 Tbilisi, Georgia

FIGO Initiative to Prevent Unsafe Abortion Arsen Askerov 11 September, 2009 Tbilisi, Georgia FIGO Initiative to Prevent Unsafe Abortion Arsen Askerov 11 September, 2009 Tbilisi, Georgia Total population: 5,4 million Urban 35% Rural 65% Women of fertile age 27% Children from 0 to 15 34,5% Adolescents

More information

WOMEN S REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AS A GENDER, DEVELOPMENT AND HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE: REGAINING PERSPECTIVE

WOMEN S REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AS A GENDER, DEVELOPMENT AND HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE: REGAINING PERSPECTIVE WOMEN S REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AS A GENDER, DEVELOPMENT AND HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE: REGAINING PERSPECTIVE Monique V. Chireau, MD, MPH Assistant Professor, Division of Clinical and Epidemiologic Research Department

More information

Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme and of the United Nations Population Fund

Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme and of the United Nations Population Fund United Nations DP/FPA/CPD/BRA/4 Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme and of the United Nations Population Fund Distr.: General 9 October 2006 Original: English UNITED NATIONS POPULATION

More information

Integrating family planning and maternal health into poverty alleviation strategies

Integrating family planning and maternal health into poverty alleviation strategies 08_XXX_MM1 08_XXX_MM2 Integrating family planning and maternal health into poverty alleviation strategies Dr Michael Mbizvo Director a.i., Department of Reproductive Health and Research (RHR) World Health

More information

itwtfyvl. 52^^ SESSION OF THE COMMISSION ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STATEMENT BY MR. JUMOONDAR SUNKUR CHIEF DEMOGRAPHER AND UNFPA FOCAL POINT

itwtfyvl. 52^^ SESSION OF THE COMMISSION ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STATEMENT BY MR. JUMOONDAR SUNKUR CHIEF DEMOGRAPHER AND UNFPA FOCAL POINT itwtfyvl. 52^^ SESSION OF THE COMMISSION ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STATEMENT BY MR. JUMOONDAR SUNKUR CHIEF DEMOGRAPHER AND UNFPA FOCAL POINT MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE REPUBLIC OF MAURITIUS

More information

Vanuatu Country Statement

Vanuatu Country Statement Vanuatu Country Statement Delivered at the sixth Mid Term Review of the Asian and Pacific Population Conference 26 th 28 th November 2018, United Nations Conference Centre, Bangkok, Thailand. Mr/Madam

More information

Investing in Family Planning/ Childbirth Spacing Will Save Lives and Promote National Development

Investing in Family Planning/ Childbirth Spacing Will Save Lives and Promote National Development Investing in Family Planning/ Childbirth Spacing Will Save Lives and Promote National Development Fact Sheet prevents Nigerian families and, in particular, the poor from using FP to improve their well-being.

More information

CONTRACEPTIVES SAVE LIVES

CONTRACEPTIVES SAVE LIVES CONTRACEPTIVES SAVE LIVES Updated with technical feedback December 2012 Introduction In the developing world, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, progress in reducing maternal and newborn

More information

Policy Brief No. 09/ July 2013

Policy Brief No. 09/ July 2013 Policy Brief No. 09/ July 2013 Cost Effectiveness of Reproductive Health Interventions in Uganda: The Case for Family Planning services By Sarah Ssewanyana and Ibrahim Kasirye 1. Problem investigated and

More information

Rights-based Family Planning and Maternal Health. Essential for Sustainable Development. Published by:

Rights-based Family Planning and Maternal Health. Essential for Sustainable Development. Published by: Rights-based Family Planning and Maternal Health Essential for Sustainable Development Published by: 2 3 The Contribution of German Development Cooperation (GDC) Background A critical element of sustainable

More information

Message from. Dr Samlee Plianbangchang Regional Director, WHO South-East Asia. At the

Message from. Dr Samlee Plianbangchang Regional Director, WHO South-East Asia. At the Message from Dr Samlee Plianbangchang Regional Director, WHO South-East Asia At the Regional Review Meeting on Strengthening WHO Technical Role in Family Planning in the South-East Asia Region 20-23 September

More information

Progress in Human Reproduction Research. UNDP/UNFPA/WHO/World Bank. (1) Who s Work in Reproductive Health: The Role of the Special Program

Progress in Human Reproduction Research. UNDP/UNFPA/WHO/World Bank. (1) Who s Work in Reproductive Health: The Role of the Special Program UNDP/UNFPA/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Developemnt and Research Training in Human Reproductive (HRP). WHO's work in reproductive health: the role of the Special Programme. Progress in

More information

Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme and of the United Nations Population Fund

Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme and of the United Nations Population Fund United Nations DP/FPA/CPD/TGO/5 Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme and of the United Nations Population Fund Distr.: General 12 October 2007 Original: English UNITED NATIONS POPULATION

More information

Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Office for Project Services

Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Office for Project Services United Nations Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Office for Project Services Distr.: General 12 July 2011 Original:

More information

Fifty-fourth session Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, 30 August 3 September 2004

Fifty-fourth session Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, 30 August 3 September 2004 WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION REGIONAL OFFICE FOR AFRICA ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA SANTE BUREAU REGIONAL DE L AFRIQUE ORGANIZAÇÃO MUNDIAL DE SAÚDE ESCRITÓRIO REGIONAL AFRICANO REGIONAL COMMITTEE FOR AFRICA

More information

Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Office for Project Services

Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Office for Project Services United Nations Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Office for Project Services Distr.: General 29 September 2011 Original:

More information

Keynote address by Dr Nafis Sadik Commission on Population and Development. United Nations, New York 7 April 2014

Keynote address by Dr Nafis Sadik Commission on Population and Development. United Nations, New York 7 April 2014 Keynote address by Dr Nafis Sadik Commission on Population and Development. United Nations, New York 7 April 2014 DIGNITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS ICPD BEYOND 2014. 1 Thank you for inviting me to speak today.

More information

MINISTRY OF WOMEN'S AND VETERANS' AFFAIRS

MINISTRY OF WOMEN'S AND VETERANS' AFFAIRS HAG-057 MINISTRY OF WOMEN'S AND VETERANS' AFFAIRS THE NATIONAL POLICY FOR WOMEN, THE GIRL CHILD AND HIV/AIDS CAMBODIA NOVEMBER 1999 CONTENTS Contents 1 Introduction 2 Principles 3 The Status of Women,

More information

Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Office for Project Services

Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Office for Project Services United Nations Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Office for Project Services Distr.: General 7 July 2015 Original: English

More information

Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Office for Project Services

Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Office for Project Services United Nations Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Office for Project Services Distr.: General 15 April 2011 Original:

More information

Advocacy toolkit for Family Planning issues in Indonesia. Guideline for advocates

Advocacy toolkit for Family Planning issues in Indonesia. Guideline for advocates Advocacy toolkit for Family Planning issues in Indonesia Guideline for advocates 1 Production team Danielle Johanna Monique Soesman Nurul Agustina Rinaldi Ridwan Layout design activ design studio Rutgers

More information

Contraceptive Counseling Challenges in the Arab World. The Arab World. Contraception in the Arab World. Introduction

Contraceptive Counseling Challenges in the Arab World. The Arab World. Contraception in the Arab World. Introduction 26-06- 2013 Contraceptive Counseling Challenges in the Arab World 1 Introduction 2 Contraception is a cornerstone in reproductive health (RH) One of the main fertility determinants in any community is

More information

WOMEN: MEETING THE CHALLENGES OF HIV/AIDS

WOMEN: MEETING THE CHALLENGES OF HIV/AIDS WOMEN: MEETING THE CHALLENGES OF HIV/AIDS gender equality and the empowerment of women are fundamental elements in the reduction of the vulnerability of women and girls to HIV/AIDS Article 14, Declaration

More information

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES IN ROMANIA country report

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES IN ROMANIA country report REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES IN ROMANIA country report Reproductive Health services In the early 1990s, Romania was faced with the reproductive health consequences of a rigorously enforced pronatalist

More information

MINISTRY OF BUDGET AND NATIONAL PLANNING, ABUJA, NIGERIA

MINISTRY OF BUDGET AND NATIONAL PLANNING, ABUJA, NIGERIA ADDRESSING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POVERTY AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH IN THE URBAN SETTING: OPPORTUNITY FOR SOUTH - SOUTH COOPERATION AND INTERVENTION NEED: PRESENTED AT THE 14TH INTERNATIONAL INTER-MINISTERIAL

More information

Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Office for Project Services

Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Office for Project Services United Nations DP/FPA/CPD/LSO/6 Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Office for Project Services Distr.: General 2 August

More information

UNFPA in the Arab region: working on gender equality, the empowerment of women and girls, and sexual and reproductive health and rights

UNFPA in the Arab region: working on gender equality, the empowerment of women and girls, and sexual and reproductive health and rights UNFPA in the Arab region: working on gender equality, the empowerment of women and girls, and sexual and reproductive health and rights Today, it is widely recognized that improving the status of women

More information

Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Office for Project Services

Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Office for Project Services United Nations Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Office for Project Services Distr.: General 18 July 2013 Original:

More information

Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Office for Project Services

Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Office for Project Services United Nations DP/FPA/CPD/BRA/5 Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Population Fund the United Nations Office for Project Services Distr.: General 26 September

More information

GIVING BIRTH SHOULD NOT BE A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH

GIVING BIRTH SHOULD NOT BE A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH GIVING BIRTH SHOULD NOT BE A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH Updated with technical feedback December 2012 Every day, almost 800 women die in pregnancy or childbirth Almost all of these women 99 per cent live

More information

Bangladesh Resource Mobilization and Sustainability in the HNP Sector

Bangladesh Resource Mobilization and Sustainability in the HNP Sector Bangladesh Resource Mobilization and Sustainability in the HNP Sector Presented by Dr. Khandakar Mosharraf Hossain Minister for Health and Family Welfare Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh

More information

Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Office for Project Services

Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Office for Project Services United Nations DP/FPA/CPD/ZMB/8 Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Office for Project Services Distr.: General 30 June

More information

UPR Submission on the Right to Sexual and Reproductive Health in the Philippines 13th Session of the Universal Periodic Review Philippines - June 2012

UPR Submission on the Right to Sexual and Reproductive Health in the Philippines 13th Session of the Universal Periodic Review Philippines - June 2012 UPR Submission on the Right to Sexual and Reproductive Health in the Philippines 13th Session of the Universal Periodic Review Philippines - June 2012 Joint Submission by: Family Planning Organization

More information

How Family Planning Saves the Lives of Mothers and Children and Promotes Economic Development

How Family Planning Saves the Lives of Mothers and Children and Promotes Economic Development ZIMBABWE How Family Planning Saves the Lives of Mothers and Children and Promotes Economic Development Ministry of Health and Child Care Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council Zimbabwe Cover photo:

More information

Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Office for Project Services

Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Office for Project Services United Nations Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Office for Project Services Distr.: General 12 July 2011 Original:

More information

Sexual and Reproductive Health and HIV. Dr. Rita Kabra Training course in Sexual and Reproductive Health Research Geneva 2012

Sexual and Reproductive Health and HIV. Dr. Rita Kabra Training course in Sexual and Reproductive Health Research Geneva 2012 Sexual and Reproductive Health and HIV Dr. Rita Kabra Training course in Sexual and Reproductive Health Research Geneva 2012 Global estimates of HIV-(2009) People living with HIV 33.3 million [31.4 35.3

More information

FPA Sri Lanka Policy: Men and Sexual and Reproductive Health

FPA Sri Lanka Policy: Men and Sexual and Reproductive Health FPA Sri Lanka Policy: Men and Sexual and Reproductive Health Introduction 1. FPA Sri Lanka is committed to working with men and boys as clients, partners and agents of change in our efforts to meet the

More information

Visionary Development Goal on Sexual and Reproductive Health & Rights

Visionary Development Goal on Sexual and Reproductive Health & Rights Visionary Development Goal on Sexual and Reproductive Health & Rights Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are inter-linked to all key development agendas and are central to human health and

More information

2017 PROGRESS REPORT on the Every Woman Every Child Global Strategy for Women s, Children s and Adolescents Health

2017 PROGRESS REPORT on the Every Woman Every Child Global Strategy for Women s, Children s and Adolescents Health PROGRESS IN PARTNERSHIP 2017 PROGRESS REPORT on the Every Woman Every Child Global Strategy for Women s, Children s and Adolescents Health EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Globally, the health and well-being of women,

More information

Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Office for Project Services

Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Office for Project Services United Nations DP/FPA/CPD/NGA/7 Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Office for Project Services Distr.: General 18 July2013

More information

Population Council Strategic Priorities Framework

Population Council Strategic Priorities Framework Population Council Strategic Priorities Framework For 65 years, the Population Council has conducted research and delivered solutions that address critical health and development issues and improve lives

More information

The London FP Summit Commitments

The London FP Summit Commitments The London FP Summit Commitments A presentation by Jotham Musinguzi, MD, MPH Regional Director, PPD Africa Regional Office September 30, 2014 1 London FP Summit, July 11, 2012 In July 2012, partners from

More information

Maldives and Family Planning: An overview

Maldives and Family Planning: An overview Maldives and Family Planning: An overview Background The Republic of Maldives is an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, located 600 kilometres south of the Indian subcontinent. It consists of 92 tiny islands

More information

Author(s) MBBS, Bhuiyan Shafi; NAKAMURA, Yasu. Citation 大阪大学大学院人間科学研究科紀要. 30 P.210-P

Author(s) MBBS, Bhuiyan Shafi; NAKAMURA, Yasu. Citation 大阪大学大学院人間科学研究科紀要. 30 P.210-P GO-NGO Partnership Challenges and O TitleMillennium: A Case Study of Reprodu Bangladesh Author(s) MBBS, Bhuiyan Shafi; NAKAMURA, Yasu Citation 大阪大学大学院人間科学研究科紀要. 30 P.210-P.220 Issue 2004-02 Date Text Version

More information

Safe Motherhood: Helping to make women s reproductive health and rights a reality

Safe Motherhood: Helping to make women s reproductive health and rights a reality Safe Motherhood: Helping to make women s reproductive health and rights a reality What is the greatest threat to a woman s life and health in developing countries? Complications of Pregnancy & Childbirth

More information

The Training Partnership of the Inter-Agency Working Group (IAWG) on Reproductive Health in Crisis Situations

The Training Partnership of the Inter-Agency Working Group (IAWG) on Reproductive Health in Crisis Situations 1 Strategy Paper for Donor Agencies The Training Partnership of the Inter-Agency Working Group (IAWG) on Reproductive Health in Crisis Situations At a glance: Why Reproductive Health matters in crisis

More information

REPRODUCTIVE, MATERNAL, NEWBORN AND CHILD HEALTH (RMNCH) GLOBAL AND REGIONAL INITIATIVES

REPRODUCTIVE, MATERNAL, NEWBORN AND CHILD HEALTH (RMNCH) GLOBAL AND REGIONAL INITIATIVES Information Brief: REPRODUCTIVE, MATERNAL, NEWBORN AND CHILD HEALTH (RMNCH) GLOBAL AND REGIONAL INITIATIVES Family Care International (FCI) developed this information brief as part of the Mobilising Advocates

More information

CALL FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

CALL FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST CALL FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST Title: Domain: Organizational Unit: Type of contract: Duration of contract : Early and Unintended Pregnancy Campaign Development HIV and Health Education UNESCO Regional

More information

HEALTH. Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH)

HEALTH. Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) HEALTH The changes in global population health over the last two decades are striking in two ways in the dramatic aggregate shifts in the composition of the global health burden towards non-communicable

More information

Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme and of the United Nations Population Fund

Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme and of the United Nations Population Fund United Nations DP/FPA/CPD/CIV/6 Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme and of the United Nations Population Fund Distr.: General 6 October 2008 Original: English UNITED NATIONS POPULATION

More information

Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR): A smart Investment for Global Health and Development

Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR): A smart Investment for Global Health and Development Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR): A smart Investment for Global Health and Development Speaker:Ampumuza Joyce Organisation:DSW Uganda Healthy Action Project use footer for inserting titel Health-related

More information

Plan of Action Towards Ending Preventable Maternal, Newborn and Child Mortality

Plan of Action Towards Ending Preventable Maternal, Newborn and Child Mortality 1 st African Union International Conference on Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Plan of Action Towards Ending Preventable Maternal, Newborn and Child Mortality Thematic area Strategic Actions Results

More information

MALAWI STATEMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY CHARLES MSOSA PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REPUBLIC OF MALAWI TO THE UNITED NATIONS AT THE

MALAWI STATEMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY CHARLES MSOSA PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REPUBLIC OF MALAWI TO THE UNITED NATIONS AT THE MALAWI STATEMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY CHARLES MSOSA PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REPUBLIC OF MALAWI TO THE UNITED NATIONS AT THE 47 th SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT

More information

Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme and of the United Nations Population Fund

Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme and of the United Nations Population Fund United Nations Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme and of the United Nations Population Fund Distr.: General 9 April 2010 Original: English DP/FPA/DCP/PRK/5 Annual session 2010

More information

Policy Brief. Family planning deciding whether and when to have children. For those who cannot afford

Policy Brief. Family planning deciding whether and when to have children. For those who cannot afford Equalizing Access to Family Planning Can Reduce Poverty and Improve Health Policy Brief No. 10 April 2010 A publication of the National Coordinating Agency for Population & Development Family planning

More information

THE GLOBAL STRATEGY FOR WOMEN S, CHILDREN S AND ADOLESCENTS HEALTH ( )

THE GLOBAL STRATEGY FOR WOMEN S, CHILDREN S AND ADOLESCENTS HEALTH ( ) THE GLOBAL STRATEGY FOR WOMEN S, CHILDREN S AND ADOLESCENTS HEALTH (2016-2030) SURVIVE THRIVE TRANSFORM AT A GLANCE SURVIVE THRIVE TRANSFORM The Global Strategy for Women s, Children s and Adolescents

More information

Economic and Social Council

Economic and Social Council United Nations E/CN.6/2010/L.6 Economic and Social Council Distr.: Limited 9 March 2010 Original: English ADOPTED 12 March 2010 ADVANCE UNEDITED VERSION Commission on the Status of Women Fifty-fourth session

More information

Colleagues from the United Nations, Participants from Jakarta and from other parts of Indonesia, Ladies and Gentlemen, Good morning, Selamat Pagi.

Colleagues from the United Nations, Participants from Jakarta and from other parts of Indonesia, Ladies and Gentlemen, Good morning, Selamat Pagi. Opening Remarks of Mr. Jose Ferraris Workshop on Development of National Guidelines on Sexual and Reproductive Health Education Park Hotel, Jakarta, 16 18 July 2012 The General Director the Secondary Education,

More information

The Global Magnitude and Consequences of Unsafe Abortion Susheela Singh, Ph.D Vice President for Research

The Global Magnitude and Consequences of Unsafe Abortion Susheela Singh, Ph.D Vice President for Research The Global Magnitude and Consequences of Unsafe Abortion Susheela Singh, Ph.D Vice President for Research Regional meeting on Postabortion Care May 2010, Alexandria, Egypt Summary The magnitude of unsafe

More information

Gender Profile: St. Lucia

Gender Profile: St. Lucia General Total male population under 15 (2014) (CIA, 2015): 17,814 Total female population under 15 (2014) (CIA, 2015): 16,809 Total male population over 15 (2014) (CIA, 2015): 48,112 Total female population

More information

Thailand and Family Planning: An overview

Thailand and Family Planning: An overview Thailand and Family Planning: An overview Background The Thai mainland is bordered by Cambodia, Lao People s Democratic Republic, Malaysia and Myanmar; the country also includes hundreds of islands. According

More information

UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND PROPOSED PROJECTS AND PROGRAMMES. Recommendation by the Executive Director Assistance to the Government of Brazil

UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND PROPOSED PROJECTS AND PROGRAMMES. Recommendation by the Executive Director Assistance to the Government of Brazil UNITED NATIONS DP Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme and of the United Nations Population Fund Distr. GENERAL DP/FPA/BRA/3 13 December 2001 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH First regular session,

More information

Malawi. Population & Development Progress through Family Planning. By Dr. Chisale Mhango. Director, Reproductive Health Services Ministry of Health

Malawi. Population & Development Progress through Family Planning. By Dr. Chisale Mhango. Director, Reproductive Health Services Ministry of Health Malawi Introduction Population & Development Progress through Family Planning By Dr. Chisale Mhango Director, Reproductive Health Services Ministry of Health Photo by Gunnar Salvarsson 2 Malawi National

More information

GOVERNMENT OF BOTSWANA/UNFPA 6th COUNTRY PROGRAMME

GOVERNMENT OF BOTSWANA/UNFPA 6th COUNTRY PROGRAMME REPUBLIC OF BOTSWANA GOVERNMENT OF BOTSWANA/UNFPA 6th COUNTRY PROGRAMME 2017-2021 United Nations Population Fund Country programme document for Botswana Proposed indicative UNFPA assistance: $4.7 million:

More information

The Power of Partnership

The Power of Partnership The Power of Partnership Helen Scott, PhD Executive Director, CanWaCH Best Start Resource Centre Annual Conference February 8, 2018 - Toronto CanWaCH.ca CanSFE.ca The Concept: We can do more and we can

More information

Social Determinants on Health. The Kenyan Situation

Social Determinants on Health. The Kenyan Situation Social Determinants on Health The Kenyan Situation Outline Introduction Poverty Education Food security Women empowerment Disease burden Conclusion 2 Introduction Demographic Profile The population is

More information

Global strategies for Women, Children and Adolescents Health in SDG times. Prof dr Marleen Temmerman VVN, Brussels 25/09/2017

Global strategies for Women, Children and Adolescents Health in SDG times. Prof dr Marleen Temmerman VVN, Brussels 25/09/2017 Global strategies for Women, Children and Adolescents Health in SDG times Prof dr Marleen Temmerman VVN, Brussels 25/09/2017 Short bio MD, MPH, PhD, OB/GYN Academic: Ghent University, University of Nairobi

More information

Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme and of the United Nations Population Fund

Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme and of the United Nations Population Fund United Nations DP/FPA/CPD/MOZ/7 Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme and of the United Nations Population Fund Distr.: General 18 October 2006 Original: English UNITED NATIONS POPULATION

More information

PROVIDING EMERGENCY OBSTETRIC AND NEWBORN CARE

PROVIDING EMERGENCY OBSTETRIC AND NEWBORN CARE URGENT RESPONSE: PROVIDING EMERGENCY OBSTETRIC AND NEWBORN CARE Updated with technical feedback December 2012 Introduction Women everywhere face a risk in giving birth. Worldwide, about 15 per cent of

More information

Country. Profile. Fijii. Contents. 2 Health Gender Economic Activity. 3 Gender Gaps... 3 Health Economic... Education...

Country. Profile. Fijii. Contents. 2 Health Gender Economic Activity. 3 Gender Gaps... 3 Health Economic... Education... Gender Country Profile Fijii By Erin MacDonald and Rosanne Wong Edited by Dania Sheldon Contents General...... Education... Economic Activity... Decision-Making... Human Rights... Gender Gaps...... Education...

More information

Universal Periodic Review-2010 Submitted by Family Planning Association of I.R.I Non-governmental organization

Universal Periodic Review-2010 Submitted by Family Planning Association of I.R.I Non-governmental organization Page 1 of 5 Universal Periodic Review-2010 Submitted by Family Planning Association of I.R.I Non-governmental organization Abstract 1. This report is on Reproductive Health and Rights and has been submitted

More information

Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA P. O. Box 3243 Telephone: Fax: website: www. SC12337

Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA P. O. Box 3243 Telephone: Fax: website: www.  SC12337 AFRICAN UNION UNION AFRICAINE UNIÃO AFRICANA Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA P. O. Box 3243 Telephone: 517 700 Fax: 5130 36 website: www. www.au.int SC12337 EXECUTIVE COUNCIL Twenty-Fifth Ordinary Session 20 24

More information

UNFPA in Emergencies

UNFPA in Emergencies UNFPA in Emergencies Women and girls are more vulnerable in emergencies and have specific needs that are often ignored in crises. They need services for safe pregnancy and childbirth, and protection from

More information

An Overview of Maternal and Child Health Status in Indonesia Meah Gao*

An Overview of Maternal and Child Health Status in Indonesia Meah Gao* An Overview of Maternal and Child Health Status in Indonesia Meah Gao* *Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. Indonesia used to have one of the

More information

Introduction and Every Woman, Every Child

Introduction and Every Woman, Every Child ED statement (15 minutes) Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly Sunday 1 April 2012, Kampala Right Honorable Rebecca Kadaga, Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda Honorable Abdelwahad Radi, President of the

More information

Assessment of SRH Integration in Selected Arab Countries Jordan Country Report. Expert Group Meeting Tunis Presented by: Maha Saheb, MD

Assessment of SRH Integration in Selected Arab Countries Jordan Country Report. Expert Group Meeting Tunis Presented by: Maha Saheb, MD Assessment of SRH Integration in Selected Arab Countries Jordan Country Report Expert Group Meeting Tunis 13.12.2017 Presented by: Maha Saheb, MD Background Estimated current population of Jordan at 9.8

More information

Dr. Collins Tusingwire Principal Medical Officer/Ag. Assistant Commissioner - Reproductive Health, MOH, Uganda

Dr. Collins Tusingwire Principal Medical Officer/Ag. Assistant Commissioner - Reproductive Health, MOH, Uganda Dr. Collins Tusingwire Principal Medical Officer/Ag. Assistant Commissioner - Reproductive Health, MOH, Uganda Overview q Background: why we needed the S&Gs (Magnitude of the problem of unsafe abortion)

More information

Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme and of the United Nations Population Fund

Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme and of the United Nations Population Fund United Nations DP/FPA/CPD/BGD/7 Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme and of the United Nations Population Fund Distr.: General 31 October 2005 Original: English UNITED NATIONS POPULATION

More information

Maternal Health in Arab States

Maternal Health in Arab States Maternal Health in Arab States Improving Maternal Health Improving maternal health is MDG number 5 and it has two targets Target A that measures reduction in maternal mortality ratio (MMR) and attended

More information

Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Office for Project Services

Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Office for Project Services United Nations DP/FPA/CPD/UGA/8 Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Office for Project Services Distr.: General 27 March

More information

XV. THE ICPD AND MDGS: CLOSE LINKAGES. United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

XV. THE ICPD AND MDGS: CLOSE LINKAGES. United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) XV. THE ICPD AND MDGS: CLOSE LINKAGES United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) A. INTRODUCTION A global consensus emerged at the Millennium Summit, where 189 world leaders adopted the Millennium Declaration

More information

Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Office for Project Services

Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Office for Project Services United Nations DP/FPA/CPD/JOR/8 Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Office for Project Services Distr.: General 6 August

More information

Gender Profile: Mozambique

Gender Profile: Mozambique General Total male population under 15 (2014) (CIA, 2015): 5,627,116 Total female population under 15 (2014) (CIA, 2015): 5,566,260 Total male population over 15 (2014) (CIA, 2015): 6,416,394 Total female

More information

Terms of Reference. Technical Specialist, Reproductive, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) Official Job Title: Grade (Classified) P-4

Terms of Reference. Technical Specialist, Reproductive, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) Official Job Title: Grade (Classified) P-4 Terms of Reference Official Job Title: Technical Specialist, Reproductive, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) Duty Station: Nairobi, Kenya Grade (Classified) P-4 Duration Up to 3 years Background

More information

Trends and Differentials in Fertility and Family Planning Indicators of EAG States in India

Trends and Differentials in Fertility and Family Planning Indicators of EAG States in India Trends and Differentials in Fertility and Family Planning Indicators of EAG States in India September 2012 Authors: Dr. R.K Srivastava, 1 Dr. Honey Tanwar, 1 Dr. Priyanka Singh, 1 and Dr. B.C Patro 1 1

More information

Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Office for Project Services

Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Office for Project Services United Nations Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Office for Project Services Distr.: General 25 April 2014 Original:

More information

Assessment of G8 Commitments on Maternal, Newborn and Child Health

Assessment of G8 Commitments on Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Assessment of G8 Commitments on Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Robin Lennox Researcher, G8 Research Group June 13, 2010 In January 2010, Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper announced that maternal,

More information

Population, Reproductive Health and the Millennium Development Goals. How the ICPD Programme of Action Promotes Poverty Alleviation and Human Rights

Population, Reproductive Health and the Millennium Development Goals. How the ICPD Programme of Action Promotes Poverty Alleviation and Human Rights Population, Reproductive Health and the Millennium Development Goals How the ICPD Programme of Action Promotes Poverty Alleviation and Human Rights Table of Contents Introduction...1 Part One: Millennium

More information

ImpactNow Kenya: Near-Term Benefits of Family Planning

ImpactNow Kenya: Near-Term Benefits of Family Planning ImpactNow Kenya: Near-Term Benefits of Family Planning Currently in Kenya 3.9 The number of children the average woman will have in her lifetime 1 in 5 Married women (18%) who do not want to have a child

More information

The Egypt Economic cost of Gender- Based violence survey (ECGBVS) 2015 Wafaa Maged Ahmed. General Manager of Department of Gender

The Egypt Economic cost of Gender- Based violence survey (ECGBVS) 2015 Wafaa Maged Ahmed. General Manager of Department of Gender The Egypt Economic cost of Gender- Based violence survey (ECGBVS) 2015 Wafaa Maged Ahmed General Manager of Department of Gender The ECGBVS is the first nationally representative sample conducted in Egypt

More information

ABORTION IN AFRICA. Guttmacher Institute March 2006

ABORTION IN AFRICA. Guttmacher Institute March 2006 ABORTION IN AFRICA Guttmacher Institute March 2006 Overview Legal status Magnitude of abortion Consequences for survival and health Conditions of abortion provision Gaps and priorities Legal Status of

More information

Part I. Health-related Millennium Development Goals

Part I. Health-related Millennium Development Goals 11 1111111111111111111111111 111111111111111111111111111111 1111111111111111111111111 1111111111111111111111111111111 111111111111111111111111111111 1111111111111111111111111111111 213 Part I Health-related

More information

Progress towards achieving Millennium Development Goal 5 in South-East Asia

Progress towards achieving Millennium Development Goal 5 in South-East Asia DOI:.1111/j.1471-528.211.38.x www.bjog.org Commentary Progress towards achieving Millennium Development Goal 5 in South-East Asia M Islam Family Health and Research, World Health Organisation, South East

More information

Gender and Economics: Its Impact to Economic Development. Marah P. Citra

Gender and Economics: Its Impact to Economic Development. Marah P. Citra Gender and Economics: Its Impact to Economic Development Marah P. Citra ...investing in women is not only the right thing to do. It is the smart thing to do. I am deeply convinced that, in women, the

More information

Monitoring the achievement of the health-related Millennium Development Goals

Monitoring the achievement of the health-related Millennium Development Goals SIXTY-SIXTH WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY A66/13 Provisional agenda item 14.1 14 May 2013 Monitoring the achievement of the health-related Millennium Development Goals Report by the Secretariat 1. In response

More information

SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RIGHTS OF WOMEN LIVING WITH HIV IN SOUTH AFRICA

SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RIGHTS OF WOMEN LIVING WITH HIV IN SOUTH AFRICA SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RIGHTS OF WOMEN LIVING WITH HIV IN SOUTH AFRICA Sexuality, Poverty and Law Alexandra Muller and Hayley MacGregor January 2014 The IDS programme on Strengthening Evidence-based

More information

UPR Submission on Young People s Sexual and Reproductive Rights in Indonesia. 13th Session of the Universal Periodic Review Indonesia- June 2012

UPR Submission on Young People s Sexual and Reproductive Rights in Indonesia. 13th Session of the Universal Periodic Review Indonesia- June 2012 UPR Submission on Young People s Sexual and Reproductive Rights in Indonesia 13th Session of the Universal Periodic Review Indonesia- June 2012 Joint Submission by: The Indonesian Planned Parenthood Association

More information