Partners
in Population and Development (PPD) in collaboration
with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
(MOHFW) of the Government of the People’s
Republic of Bangladesh organized a one day workshop
on “Access to Reproductive Health for
the Achievement of ICPD and MDGs: The South-South
Initiative” on 17 September 2007 at Dhaka,
Bangladesh.
The
workshop was attended by more than 200 high
level professionals, policy makers and senior
programme managers from Directorates General
of Health Services and Family Planning, different
Ministries, Departments and Institutes of the
Government of the People’s Republic of
Bangladesh, representatives of Diplomatic Missions,
Donor Agencies, UN Organisations, International
Organisations, Universities and NGOs and journalists
from both the electronic and print media. Major
General Dr. A.S.M. Matiur Rahman (Rtd.), Honourable
Advisor, MoHFW, Water Resources and Religious
Affairs, Government of the Peoples Republic
of Bangladesh was the Chief Guest at the Opening
Session. Mr. A.K.M. Zafar Ullah Khan, Secretary,
MoHFW, Government of Bangladesh, Mr. Pornchai
Suchitta, Deputy Representative, UNFPA Bangladesh
and Mr. Harry S. Jooseery, Executive Director,
PPD also addressed the participants.
In
the panel from the left Mr. Pornchai Suchitta,
Deputy Representative, UNFPA Bangladesh, Mr.
A.K.M. Zafar Ullah Khan, Secretary, MoHFW, Government
of Bangladesh, Major General Dr. A.S.M. Matiur
Rahman (Rtd.), Honourable Advisor, MoHFW, Water
Resources and Religious Affairs, Government
of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh and Mr.
Harry S. Jooseery, Executive Director, Partners
in Population and Development
The
Honorable Advisor underscored the importance
of South-South Cooperation in achieving development
goals and congratulated PPD for its effort to
galvanize national programme for key leaders
to make the concept of South-South Cooperation
better understood. The ED of PPD stressed on
the need to develop innovative and proactive
programme to meet the needs of underserved in
the developing countries. He emphasized on re-enforcing
RH programme to ease access to services especially
in marginalized areas. Mr. Pornchai stressed
on the support and assistance provided by international
community in promoting South-South Cooperation
and committed UNFPA’s assistance to PPD.
Papers
were presented by Dr. Ahmed A. N. Neaz, Professor,
American International University, Bangladesh
on “Meeting ICPD Goals and MDGs: Population
and Family Planning Agenda for South-South Collaboration”,
Prof. Abdul Hannan, Executive Director, Institute
of Child and Mother Health, Dhaka on “Promoting
Capacity Building and Exchange of Experience
among Developing Countries on Reproductive Health,
Population and Development” and Dr. A.M.
Zakir Hossain, Public Health Specialist, MoHFW,
Government of Bangladesh on “Integration
of Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS”.
The workshop helped to generate interesting
exchanges during participatory discussions.
