China holds '95 advanced seminars on reproductive health
Xu, Y.
China Population Today 12(5-6): 22
1995
PMID: 12346903 Document Number: 313302
This news brief indicates that China conducted a number of seminars on reproductive health since the 1994 Beijing Conference on Women's Reproductive Health. Seminars, manpower, and funding were provided by the UNFPA and the All China Women's Federation, which included the Department of Maternal and Child Health of the Ministry of Public Health, the Science and Technology Department of the State Family Planning Commission, the Chinese Association of Preventive Medical Science, and the Research Institute for Women's Issues. Seminars were organized by the Chinese Association for Preventive Medical Science. Experts identified the following topics as priorities for the seminars: the definition and development of reproductive health, women's reproductive health and health care, women's premarital health care, women's prenatal health care, sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS, family planning, women's rights and benefits, male participation in family planning, and education on reproductive health. The 1995 Advanced Seminars on Reproductive Health occurred during May 28-31, 1995, in Beijing, and, during June 1995, in Jixian county. Participation included 140 maternal-child health workers, family planning providers, social workers for women's issues, and other related managers from Beijing and Tianjin and subordinate districts and countries. The seminar materials were collated and bound for use as teaching materials.