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A report of the Conference on Advocating Universal Access to Reproductive Health Services and Commodity Security 28-30
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Less than seven years from 2015,significant changes remain to meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The countries of South Asia are likely to meet MDG5 : "Improve maternal Health",which includes reducing maternal mortality. The maternal mortality ratio (MMR) is declining too slowly. The MDG target is to reduce MMR, the number of women who die in pregnancy and child birth, by three-quarters between 1990 to 2015. About 188,000 women in South Asia die each year due to pregnancy related complications, accounting for more than 50 percent of Asian's maternal deaths in 2005. All of these deaths are avoidable. To achieve MDG5 by 2015, improving health care for women and providing universal access to reproductive health services (RHS) must be prioritized.
The Conference of SAARC Parliamentarians on “Advocating Universal Access to Reproductive Health Services and Commodity Security” was organized to improve the capacity of South Asian parliamentarians, media professionals and senior policymakers to advocate in a coordinated manner to their respective national governments for a stronger commitment to achieving MDG 5. The Conference was organized by UNFPA Asia and the Pacific Regional Office (APRO) in close collaboration with the Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (AFPPD) and hosted by UNFPA Nepal Country Office. Delegates included two parliamentarians, one media professional, one senior policymaker and representative of the UNFPA Country Offices from each SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) country. In addition, delegations were invited from four non-SAARC Asian countries: Indonesia, Lao PDR, Mongolia and Philippines.
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Publisher:
UNFPA
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(2009
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Type / Script:
Progress Report
in English
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Keywords:
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, FAMILY PLANNING, FAMILY PLANNING, HUMAN REPRODUCTION, HUMAN REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY, REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM, SEX EDUCATION, SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR, WOMEN'S HEALTH, MATERNAL MORTALITY, YOUTH HEALTH, MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH, COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH SERVICES, ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN, MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES, MATERNAL WELFARE, PRENATAL CARE, PREVENTIVE MEDICINE, HEALTH CENTRES, MOTHERS, MATERNAL MORTALITY
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Thematic Group:
UNFPA
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Population studies
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Thesaurus:
08.02.00
- Family Planning
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