GREAT BAY (DCOMM):--- The Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labour in collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has organized a workshop on Sexual Reproductive Health for physicians and other stakeholders for this weekend.
The speakers at the session will be UNFPA representative Mario Aquilia and local gynecologist Dr. R. Friday. The session is primarily for gynecologist, physicians, mid-wives and pharmacists.
The information session will take place at the Simpson Bay Resort on Saturday, November 16 from 9:30am to 2:30pm.
The objective of the session is to share the most recent information and developments related to Sexual Reproductive Health as a means to supply services and information based on the identified need in the community.
The suggestions and recommendations that come out of the information session will be compiled by Section General Health Care from the Collective Prevention Services which falls under the Ministry, leading to the development of a National Sexual Reproductive Health Program for the country.
The two other outcomes expected from the session are: identified roles and responsibilities of the different health care providers with the program; and consensus on collective actions by each responsible stakeholder to improve local Sexual Reproductive Health with the aim to improve cervical cancer prevention.
The information session falls within the confines of the 'Get Checked' campaign initiated by Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labour Hon. Cornelius de Weever.
As the world population edged to seven (7) billion people in 2011 (up from 2.5 billion in 1950), it has had profound implications for development. Governments need to gather adequate information about population dynamics and trends to create and manage sound policies in order to be able to address both current and future human needs.
UNFPA delivers a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every birth is safe, and every young person's potential is fulfilled.
UNFPA partners with governments, other agencies and civil society to advance UNFPA's mission. Two frameworks guide its efforts, the program of action adopted at the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development, and the Millennium Development Goals, where eight targets have been identified to reduce extreme poverty by 2015.