India calls for strengthening of Partners in Population and Development
April 2nd, 2011 - 9:26 pm ICT by ANINew Delhi, Apr 2(ANI): Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Saturday reiterated India’s commitment to the promotion of South-South Cooperation and strengthening of Partners in Population and Development (PPD).
Presiding over the meeting of the 17th Executive Committee of PPD here today, Azad called upon the member countries to increase their annual contribution and provide long-term fellowships and work towards institutionalization of South-South mechanism in various areas.
The Vice-Chair of PPD and Health Minister of China, Dr. Li Bin, and Bangladesh Health Minister Dr. Ruhal Haque also participated in the meeting.
Partners in Population and Development (PPD) is an intergovernmental initiative created specifically for the purpose of expanding and improving South-to-South collaboration in the fields of reproductive health, population and development.
It was launched at the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), when ten developing countries from Asia, Africa and Latin America formed an intergovernmental alliance to help implement the Cairo Programme of Action (POA).
This POA, endorsed by 179 nations, stresses the need to establish mechanisms to promote development through the sharing of experiences in Reproductive Health (RH) and Family Planning (FP) within and among countries and to promote effective partnerships among the governments, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), research institutions and the private sector.
India is currently the Chairman of PPD and China is the Vice-Chair. (ANI)
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