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| Workshop
on Real Life Experience Sharing on Consulting for
Reproductive Health in Cairo |
| Date
: 2-3 July, 2007 |
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Twenty
four professionals in the field of population and reproductive
health from fifteen developing countries namely Bangladesh,
China, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Mali, Morocco,
Pakistan, Philippine, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand,
Tunisia and Zimbabwe attended the International Workshop
on Real Life Experience Sharing on Consulting for Reproductive
Health during 02-03 July 2007 in Cairo, Egypt. International
experts from USA also joined to facilitate the sessions.
The
Opening Ceremony, which was attended by around forty
representatives from the international agencies and
senior officials from the Ministry of Health, Cairo,
was performed by Mr. Harry S Jooseery, Executive Director
of PPD. Among others, Dr. Safa El-Baz, Assistant Minister
of Health and Population National Population Council,
Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt and Prof. Dr.
Nabiha Gueddana, Member, PPD Board, and Director General
National Office of Head and Population (ONFP) Tunisia,
also spoke at the Opening Ceremony.
Participants
of the workshop.
The
workshop, supported by the Government of the Netherlands,
focused on sharing of consulting experience, lessons
learnt and on the establishment a network system to
maintain a unified and high standard quality service
communication among the consultants.
The
workshop ushered fruitful discussions and new thoughts
on ‘Scale and Equity: A Bold Approach in Reproductive
Health’, a paper presented by Dr. Martha M. Campbell,
Co-Director, Center for Entrepreneurship in International
Health and Development (CEIHD) and lecturer, School
of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley,
USA
Dr.
Martha M. Campbell delivering her presentation to the
participants.
The
workshop also offered an opportunity for a face to face
interaction with the participants with the renowned
international expert, Prof Dr. Malcolm Potts, Fred H.
Bixby Endowed Chair, School of Public Health, University
of California, Berkeley, USA. The workshop was concluded
by several recommendations on sustainability and the
modus operandi on the best utilization of the rich resource
of PPD data base.
Prof.
Dr. Malcom Potts answering question of the participants
during the Expert Interview session
Participants
visited the Cairo Demographic Center (CDC) on the last
day of the workshop. Mr. Abdelghany Mohamed Abdelghany
Ibrahim, the Director of CDC welcomed the participants.
Mr. Harry expressed his appreciation to CDC for their
support and assistance to PPD. He commended the CDC
Award of Fellowship to PPD Member states.
Participants
in front of the Cairo Demographic Centre (CDC)
PPD
is in the process of updating its consultants’
Database and in the development of brochure and interactive
CD from PPD Consultant Database which will be available
shortly.
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