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| High
Level Meeting on SRH Policies in Africa held in
Barcelona, Spain |
| Date
: 27 February to 3 March 2007 |
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Mr.
Harry S. Jooseery, Executive Director represented Partners
in Population and Development in the High Level Meeting
on SRH Policies in Africa held in Barcelona, Spain from
27 February to 03 March 2007. The meeting was jointly
organized by the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation
(AECI), the Catalan Agency for Cooperation and Development
(ACCD) and the Spanish Interest Group on Population,
Development and Reproductive Health. The meeting brought
together representatives from international development
agencies, international organizations, non-governmental
organizations, representatives of the Ministry of Health
of 10 African countries such as Angola, Burkina Faso,
Cameroon, Ethiopia, Namibia, Mozambique, Mauritania,
Senegal, Kenya, Ghana and Tanzania. Mr. Jooseery delivered
a speech at the meeting on the role South-South Cooperation
in improving RH situation in Africa.
In order for comprehensive and in-depth examination
of all relevant reproductive health issues and maximize
its outcomes, the meeting was divided in four technical
segments, such as
(i)
Commodities Supplies and Contraceptives
(ii)
Maternal Mortality
(iii) Integration of HIV/AIDS, Reproductive Health
and Family Planning
(iv) Prevention and Early Diagnosis and Treatment
of Cervical Cancers.
The
Meeting concluded with specific recommendations for
appropriate policy changes and associated structural
adjustments for realization of sexual and reproductive
health and rights in African countries.
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