Maternal and Child Health Care Workshop in Shanghai

An International Course on Maternal and Child Health Care was organized at Shanghai, China from May 28 to June 11th 2007 by China Training Centre (CTC) for Reproductive Health and Family Care with assistance from Partners in Population and Development (PPD). The workshop was attended by 40 senior and mid-level officials working in the field of Maternal and Child Health (MCH) including Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) from 21 developing countries of Asia, Africa, Middle-East and Europe.

The objective of the workshop was to support the institutional development of Reproductive Health Services Delivery Facilities in the developing countries.

Participants of the MCH Workshop in Shanghai, China

In addition to lectures, Mr. Hu Hongtao, Deputy Director General, Department of International Cooperation, National Population and Family Planning Commission (NPFPC) of China presented a paper on MCH and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) - With reference to China’s experience. For the transfer of knowledge, experiences and expertise, participants presented papers on the MCH situation and programs in their country. Dr. Shariful Islam, Program Officer PPD made a presentation on PPD in the workshop.

The workshop covered topics of latest development in the field of MCH and also provided opportunity for the participants to visit the MCH programs of several academic and research institutes in Shanghai and Taicang.

Consultative Meeting on Capacity Development

A Consultative Meeting on Capacity Development was organized by PPD with assistance from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Dhaka, Bangladesh from 18-19 June 2007. The meeting was attended by international experts and consultants in the field of Reproductive Health, Population and Development and representatives from UNFPA and PPD Partner Institutions. The objective of this meeting was to discuss

Participants in one of the sessions of the workshop

The experts reviewed and discussed the contents of the modules at the meeting. The following discussions also took place during the meeting

1. Institutionalization of the modules,
2. Strengthening partnership through capacity building of partner institutions,
3. Initiating expanded programs in order to bridge the gaps between the needs and capacities of partner institutions of member countries,
4. Resource mobilization, and
5. Initiating facilitation to complement partner institutions through their own existing potentials and resources.

Consultative Meeting on Strategic Policy Development

APPD in collaboration with UNFPA, organized a “Consultative Meeting on Strategic Policy Development” from 20 to 23 June 2007 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The objective of the meeting was to analyze the findings of the needs and priority assessment of PPD member countries and develop a 4 year Strategic Business Plan for PPD from 2008-2011.

Participants of the workshop

The meeting brought together eminent international experts in the filed of Reproductive Health, Population and Development from USA, Thailand, China and Indonesia, a senior representative from UNFPA-New York and PPD Secretariat Staff.

PPD is in the process of developing a four year Strategic Business Plan for 2008-2011. A Needs Assessment has been undertaken by PPD in all the member states, and following an analysis of the findings PPD is developing a Framework for concerted and meaningful action for the coming four years. These will be shared with Board members and Partner Country Coordinators for inputs, after which the draft will be shared and discussed at the Board Meeting scheduled to take place in Islamabad on the 8th November 2007.