CAPPD meeting: improving the health of women
Asian Forum newsletter official organ of the Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development 1998: 6
1998
PMID: 12348870 Document Number: 279538
This article discusses activities of the Canadian Association of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (CAPPD) including a meeting with representatives from Zambia, Malawi, and Burkina Faso and activities on World Population Day. The CAPPD meeting was convened with the support of the Canadian Public Health Association. The West African delegates shared their experiences and discussed constraints in improving reproductive health for women. The delegation met with the Canadian Secretary of State for Latin America and Africa. World Population Day on July 11, 1998, was spent with the Canadian International Development Agency and Action Canada on Population and Development on a mass media campaign to increase public awareness of population and sustainable development issues. These agencies also participated in the annual HOPE Beach Volleyball Tournament. A booth was set up with materials on world population growth. The chairman of CAPPD challenged Canadians to reflect and take action on the social and environmental consequences of population growth.