Subject: [fem-women2000 491] Announcement of Asia-Pacific Conference on Reproductive Health for 2001
From: arrow@arrow.po.my
Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 14:35:44 +0800
Seq: 491
ARROW's Proactive Information Services-Women & Health/Asia-Pacific Listing
Dear Friends,
There will be an Asia-Pacific Conference on Reproductive Health to be held
on 25th to 19th February 2001 in Manila, Philippines. I've placed some
information on the Conference below. For more details (to register, apply
for scholarship, etc.), please visit their website at:
http://www.pngoc.org/apcrh/ or write directly to: apcrh@pngoc.org.
Warm regards,
Angela
Asian-Pacific Resource & Research Centre for Women (ARROW)
Street Address: Ground Floor, Block G, Anjung Felda, Jalan Maktab, 54000
Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 163, Gombak, 53700 Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
Tel: 60-3-26929913
Fax: 60-3-26929958
E-mail: arrow@arrow.po.my
Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive Health
15 - 19 FEBRUARY 2001
Philippine Trade Training Center
Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines
CONFERENCE INFORMATION | BEHIND THE SCENE |
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Conference Overview | Scientific Program |
News & Updates
THE BACKGROUND
The 1994 International Conference on Population and
Development (ICPD) and the Programme of
Action (POA) that came out of the meeting,
fundamentally changed the way nations around the
world perceive family planning, reproductive health,
and population related programs. The POA
underlines individual's rights to the highest
attainable standard of health and the need to provide
holistic reproductive health services. In effect,
human beings are viewed at the center of
development policy in general and reproductive health
programs in particular.
Nowhere are these issues more relevant then in the
Asia Pacific region, home to the majority of
the world's population. The Asia Pacific Conference on
Reproductive Health will be the first major
international gathering of RH professionals from
throughout the region. They will come together for
an open sharing of information and experiences,
exposure to the latest research and clinical
findings, material learning, and creative problem
solving. The conference has the potential to sow
the seeds for far-reaching change and more responsive
and humane RH programme in the next
millennium.
THE OBJECTIVES
The conference hopes to fulfill the following:
To foster the exchange of ideas and experiences
among researchers, educators, service
providers, NGOs, GOs, and policy makers from a
wide range of Asian nations to tackle
challenges and opportunities for improving the
reproductive health policies and programs in
the next millennium
To increase awareness and knowledge among RH
practitioners in the Asia Pacific region
about recent developments in RH and related
fields
To explore, analyze, and understand the
political, economic, and social factors that affect
the reproductive health in the region
To build consensus and collaborative
relationships that will improve the quality of
reproductive health and quality of life in the
region
To explore alternative strategies for meeting the
RH needs of families living in poverty or
with limited access to appropriate health
services
To improve the quality of RH and related programs
by integrating RH into medical practice
and involving private sector and donor agencies
in promoting RH
THE THEME
The conference will adopt the theme "Quality RH: On
Track with the International Conference on
Population and Development (ICPD) Commitment."
The theme emphasizes the importance of promoting
quality RH Care within the context of the
ICPD mandate. The multi-sectoral representations at
the conference will provide an important
opportunity for taking stock of experiences and
lessons learned after ICPD. The conference hopes
to raise the awareness about the importance of RH
issues in comprehensive approaches to
development and bring forth the function of many years
of collaboration between government and
non-government organizations, government official and
policy makers, members of academe,
health workers, and international agencies in
promoting RH over the years.
TOPICS
Maternal Mortality/Morbidity
Cancer
Male Involvement
Quality Care
Adolescent RH
Needs of the Elderly
Sexuality
RTI/STD/HIV/AIDS
Prevention and Treatment of the Complications of
Abortion
Bio-Ethics
Contraceptive Technology
Infertility
Domestic Violence
Advocacy
Partnership/Networking
RH Among Indigenous/Cultural Communities
Health Reforms
Best Practices
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