(cnhubei.com) International Forum on Population and Development opened yesterday in Wuhan. Participants attending the forum began to discuss the theme of the forum.
Information can be downloaded from http://www.cnhubei.com/themesofifpd/index.htm
Hu Angang, director of the Centre for China Studies at Tsinghua University, delivered a keynote speech in the first topic, poverty alleviation. He brought forward a strategic frame of poverty alleviation in the 21st century. India and Kenya introduced their experience.
Reproductive health and family planning closely link to the sustainable development of the world. Thanks to its family planning policy, China gained great achievements in population control during the past 3 decade. China and Pakistan introduced their experience.
AIDS prevention and care is a topic with significance. Experience from Brazil and Thailand showed that government played an important role in AIDS prevention. Other effective methods include, raising women’s status, promulgation of reproductive knowledge, care to HIV/AIDS patients as well as cooperation between countries.
There are 8 themes of the Forum as poverty alleviation; reproductive health and family planning; HIV/AIDS prevention, control and care; adolescent sexual and reproductive health; reduction of maternal and infant mortality; empowerment of women and gender issues; role of NGOs; overseas development assistance (ODA) and global partnership for development.
