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Review of Maternal Health Policies/Strategies From a Reproductive Rights Perspective
Over half a million women die each year due to complications during pregnancy and child birth. Forty-four percent of these women are from Asia and the Pacific. The vast majority of these deaths are preventable. At the Millennium Summit in 2000, states resolved to reduce maternal mortality by three quarters by the year 2015. This commitment is encapsulated in the Millennium Development Goals. Goal 5 is a commitment to improve maternal health: the reduction of maternal mortality is an outcome chosen to assess the progress in this regard. Halfway to the MDG target date, it is clear that many Asian and Pacific countries that were reviewed will not meet Goal 5 unless action is taken now.
UNFPA in Asia and the Pacific
This brochure provides brief introduction of UNFPA in Asia and the Pacific (APRO), and its priorities – including safe motherhood, family planning, HIV prevention, adolescents’ health, women’s rights, and data for development – to support the attainment of the eight MDGs.
Mapping Regional, Sub-Regional and National Youth Networks Across Asia
Asia has an enormous population of young people, with some 850 million between the ages of 10-24. There is great diversity among these groups, and they face significant social, cultural and political barriers to participating in the HIV response. In addition, despite the critical role that young people can play in developing policies, there are few youth-led initiatives helping foster youth leadership.
Solomon Islands Family Health and Safety Study
This report of the Solomon Islands Family Health and Safety Study analyzes data from the first nationally representative research on violence against women and children in the Solomon Islands.
Youth Declaration at the 5th APCRSHR
There are approximately 450 million young people in the Asia-Pacific region, with only few of them able to receive reproductive health services. This leaves them potentially vulnerable to coercion, abuse and exploitation, unintended pregnancies, and sexually transmitted infections, including HIV. Denying young people of reproductive health services and education is a violation of young people’s human rights.
Beijing Call to Action
The 5th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights (APCRSHR) gathered nearly 1,000 participants from around the world to look at the progress and the ongoing challenges in family planning, maternal health, AIDS prevention and women’s empowerment. APCRSHR participants agreed to Beijing's Call to Action which outlines the priorities that must be addressed to achieve the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) by 2015.
Enhancing HIV Education for Adolescents Through Effective Health and Sexuality Education
The International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP) is a biennial congress which brings together people from various backgrounds in the Asia-Pacific region to meet and share knowledge, skills, ideas, and research findings related to HIV.
Papers in Population Ageing No.6
During the 1950s and 1960s, most less developed countries were characterized by high fertility levels. Recognizing this, governments undertook sustained measures to promote family planning and provide better access to quality health services. As a result, fertility levels declined while life expectancy improved.
ICPD at 15: Priority Challenges for Asia and the Pacific
Based on the inputs from a regional review organized by the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) in March 2009, this report reviews the progress achieved after 15 years of implementing the Programme of Action agreed at the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD).
Asia-Pacific High-Level Forum Declaration on Population and Development: Fifteen Years After Cairo
Fifteen years ago, the world came together at the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo, and agreed by consensus on a 20-year Programme of Action that integrated a comprehensive range of population, development and human rights issues – necessary for ensuring that each person lives a healthy and dignified life.