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 | CONTACT 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 _________________________________________________________________________ fem-Women2000@jca.apc.org for Women 2000, UN Special Session on Beijing+5 Searcheable Archive http://www.jca.apc.org/fem/news/women2000/index.shtml visit fem-net HomePage for other mailing lists http://www.jca.apc.org/fem