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Asia and the Pacific

Overview

Extending across an enormous area and highly diverse cultures, the Asia and the Pacific region is home to 60 per cent of the world’s people. Asia as a whole has made significant progress in recent years on both the social and economic fronts, and has witnessed a rapid decline in the average population growth rate.

Through an emphasis on building national capacity and supporting reproductive health services, UNFPA has been a catalyst in the region’s progress in implementing ICPD goals. At the Fifth Asian and Pacific Population Conference], leaders from the region reaffirmed their staunch commitment to these goals. They called for stepped-up efforts and increased resources to provide reproductive health care, combat AIDS and protect adolescents against unwanted or too-early pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections. more

UNFPA Asia & Pacific News

	First Cambodian National Population Policy launched in 2004
	Afghan Teens Speak Out Against Early Marriage: A Personal Story
	Midwives Get Motorcycles to Save Mothers' Lives in Timor-Leste
	Asian and Pacific Countries Reaffirm Commitment to Reproductive Health and Rights
	Rebuilt Maternity Hospital Opens in Kabul (08 April 2003)
	Agreement for a Three-Year Reproductive Health Initiative for Youth in Asia Signed (03/03)
	Human Rights Promoted in India with Classical Dance and Poetry

Special Interest

The Asia and the Pacific Division presents the first edition of its quarterly newsletter.

Asia and the Pacific: A Region in Transition
This recent publication provides an in-depth overview and analysis of the major issues confronting the region, as well as 23 country profiles

EC/UNFPA Initiative
This major joint initiative is bringing quality reproductive and sexual health services to some of the most vulnerable and under-served populations in seven South and Southeast Asian countries.

Pooling community resources to improve health in Nepal
Micro-insurance schemes and community-based savings and credit projects are mechanisms that may give Nepalese people a stronger voice in their own reproductive health care.

Multimedia: UNFPA in Cambodia
Captioned photographs capture aspects of the reproductive health and rights challenges facing Cambodians. A video presentation documents the country’s first census in 36 years, conducted with UNFPA’s support.

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