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Call to implement population, health projects of S Asia
The 10th meeting of the Technical Committee on Health and Population Activities of the South Aslan Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) began In Dhaka Saturday, reports BSS.
Minister for Health and Family Welfare Choudhury Kamal Ibne Yousuf inaugurated the three-day meeting at Hotel Sheraton Saturday afternoon. It Is being attended by 14 delegates from the host Bangladesh and nine delegates from six other SAARC countries and the SAARC secretariat.
The inaugural session was also addressed by Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Abdul Mannan Choudhuiy, the delegate from the SAARC secretariat Ahmad Saleem and leader of the two-member Indian delegation Dr AK Mukherji.
Secretary of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and new Chairman of the Committee Sayed Ahmed presided over the inaugural session.
In his inaugural address. Choudhuiy Kamal Ibne Yousuf expressed the hope that con crete and pragmatic proposals would emerge from the deilb eratlons of the meeting to help implement the programmes In Health and Population sector to the welfare of a billion peo-pk- of the SAARC region.
He said some of the areas identified in the sector were harmonization of national laws, South Asian Plan of Action on Children and networking on eradication of malaria besides population research and training.
"I hope the discussion and views of the experts in the 10th meeting of the Committee will help contribute towards accelerating the process of Implementing these programmes and undertaking new programmes" he said.
The Health Minister referred to the 9th meeting of the Committee, held in Dhaka In July last year. Where a good number of programmes in different related areas were outlined.
He said some of those programmes had already been Implemented and some of medium and long term programmes were under consideration.
Among those, the Minister said. Bangladesh took part in preparing projects tn some areas like primary health care, tuberculosis, leprosy and water and sanitation
Choudhury Kamal Ibne Yousuf recalled with gratitude the farsightedness of Shalwcd President Zlaur Rahman Who. he said, had visioned formation of the SAARC with a view to
establishing a spirit of friend ship among the countries of the region for cooperation and collaboration.
The three-day meeting, inter alia, will review the past activities of the Committee Including -workshop on population policy held tn New Delhi, SAARC seminar on surgical and clinical aspects of tuberclosts held In Kathmandu and seminar on iodine deficiency disorder held In Thimpu.
It will also review the status and Implementation of decisions of the last meeting of the committee.
The meeting sources said Bangladesh s proposal for establishment of a networking arrangement among the Institutions in the member countries for population research and training and the country's offer to act In this regard was expected to be decided In the current meeting.
The agenda also includes consideration of annual reports from the member countries on the situation of children, review of the progress on implementation of the South Asian Plan of Action on Children, consideration of possibility of harmonization of. national raws In areas of health and population activities and Identification of regional projects for SAARC fund.