Partners in Population and Development

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The Partners in Population and Development (PPD) is an intergovernmental alliance of twenty-one 'developing' countries. They hold a permanent observer seat in the United Nations General Assembly. According to their website, the PPD is the, "only organization in the world fully dedicated to South-South partnerships.^[1]

1 Mission
2 Representatives
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Mission

According to the Partners' 1999 Annual Report, Partnerships for Capacity Building, their mission is to, "help implement the Cairo Program of Action by quickly expanding and improving South-to-South collaboration in the fields of family planning and reproductive health."^[2]

The Strategic Plan 2005-2014 states that their, "mission is to assist each other and other developing countries to address successfully the sexual and reproductive health and rights, including family planning and HIV/AIDS, population and development challenges through South-South collaboration by raising a common voice and sharing sustainable, effective, efficient, accessible and acceptable solutions considering the diverse economic, social, political, religious and cultural characteristics of our countries." The Partners also take an advocacy role to promote south-south collaboration.^[3]

This mandate was established in the International Conference on Population and Development Programme for Development. The Conference occurred in Cairo, Egypt in September, 1994. The Programme deals mainly with the following topics: education, migration, infant mortality and sexual health services in 'developing' countries.^[4]

[edit] Representatives

Representatives of each Member Country on the PPD Board by Region^[5]
Region	Country	Name	Position in PPD	Position in home country
Asia	Bangladesh	awaiting nomination	N/A	N/A
	China	H.E. Zhang Weiqing	Chairperson	Minister, State Population and Family Planning
	India	H.E. Anbumani Ramadoss	Board member	Honorable Minister of Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
	Indonesia	Dr. Sumarjati Arjoso, SKM	Board Member	Chairperson, National Family Planning Coordinating Board
	Pakistan	H.E. Ch. Shahbaz Hussain	Board Member	Minister for Population Welfare
	Thailand	Dr. Narongsakdi Aungkasuvapala	Board Member	Honorable Director-General, Department of Health, Ministry of Public Health
Latin America & Caribbean	Colombia	dormant partner	N/A	N/A
Latin America & Caribbean	Mexico	dormant partner	N/A	N/A
Middle East & North Africa	Egypt	H.E Dr. Hatem M. Gabaly	Board Member	Honorable Minister of Health and Population
	Jordan	H.E. Engineer Said S. Darwazah	Board Member	Honorable Minister, Ministry of Health
	Morocco	H.E. Dr. Mohamed Cheikh Biadillah	Secretary	Minister of Health
	Tunisia	Prof. Dr. Nabiha Gueddana	Board Member	Director General, Office of Health and Population
	Yemen	H.E. Mr. Amin Maaroof Al-Janad	Board Member	Secreatary General, Technical Secretariat, National Population Council
Sub-Saharan Africa	Benin	H.E. Pr Dorothée Kinde-Gazard	Board member	Honorable Minister, Ministre de la Santé Publique du Bénin
	Gambia	H.E. Mrs. Isatou Njie-Saidy	Board Member	Vice President
	Kenya	Dr. Richard Otieno Muga	Board member	Director, National Concil on Population and Development
	Mali	H.E. Mme Maiga Zeinab Mint YOUBA	Vice-Chair	Honorable Minister, Ministry of Health
	Nigeria	H.E. Professor Osita Ogbu	Board Member	Honorable Economic Advisor to the President
	Senegal	H.E. Mr. Abdou Fall	Board Member	Honorable Minister, Ministre de la Santé et de la Prévention
	Uganda	Yet to be nominated	Treasurer	Director, Population Secretariat, Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Department
	Zimbabwe	H.E. Dr. David Parirenyatwa	Board Member	Minister of Child and Health Welfare