GHANAIAN RURAL HEALTH INNOVATOR, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH NGO

WIN UNITED NATIONS POPULATION AWARD

NEW YORK, 17 April 2002 (UNFPA) –- Dr. Kwasi Odoi-Agyarko, the leader of an innovative rural health programme in Ghana, and EngenderHealth, a non-governmental organization that trains and gives technical assistance to reproductive health service providers in developing countries, will share the 2002 United Nations Population Award.

OLDER PEOPLE’S VOICES NEED TO BE HEARD TO REDUCE POVERTY, NEW PUBLICATION SHOWS

MADRID, 9 April (UNFPA) -— Population ageing is increasingly becoming an issue of concern in many parts of the world.  A new publication from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) explains why.

Commission on Population and Development

Thirty-fifth Session

7^th Meeting (AM)

COMMISSION ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT CALLS FOR CONTINUED RESEARCH

ON POPULATION, REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

As 35^th Session Ends, Commission Adopts Agenda

-- ‘Population, Education, Development’ –- for Next Session

Commission on Population and Development

Thirty-fifth Session

6^th Meeting (PM)

COMMISSION COMMENDS POPULATION DIVISION FOR EXCELLENCE,

USEFULNESS OF ITS CONTRIBUTION

Committee Also Hears from NGOs on Future World Demographic Trends

Commission on Population and Development

Thirty-fifth Session

5^th Meeting (AM)

ABORTION, CORRELATION BETWEEN POVERTY, FERTILITY RATES AMONG ISSUES DISCUSSED

Commission on Population and Development

Thirty-fifth Session

4^th Meeting (PM)

COMMISSION ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION

ON REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, RIGHTS

Population Trends, HIV/AIDS, Abortion among Issues Addressed

By Experts from Ireland, Chile, South Africa, Russian Federation

Commission on Population and Development

Thirty-fifth Session

3^rd Meeting (AM)

COMMISSION ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT FOCUSES ON REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH,

RIGHTS, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO HIV/AIDS

Commission on Population and Development

Thirty-fifth Session

1^st & 2^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

COMMISSION ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT OPENS 35^TH SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS

The Commission on Population and Development today opened its thirty-fifth session, with reproductive rights and reproductive health with special reference to HIV/AIDS as its theme.  The session will last through 5 April.

Background Release

COMMISSION ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT TO MEET FROM 1-5 APRIL

Theme:  Reproductive Rights, Health with Special Reference to HIV/AIDS

Reproductive rights and reproductive health, with special reference to HIV/AIDS will be the theme of the thirty-fifth session of the Commission on Population and Development, to be held at Headquarters from 1 to 5 April.

EXPERTS CONCUR:  FERTILITY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

MAY FALL BELOW TWO-CHILD FAMILY NORM

UN to Incorporate Below-Replacement Fertility for Developing

Countries in 2002 Revision of Official UN Population Estimates, Projections