Bulletin 7  November 2005

Welcome to the ARHA e-newsletter, providing updates on ARHA news and activities, as well as the latest news on population and development, and sexual and reproductive health.

Letter from the CEO

It has been a wonderful few weeks for ARHA. 

We managed  a very successful PNG Forum and were able to attract some eminent speakers to comment on the links between reproductive health, HIV/AIDS and violence against women.

ARHA hosted Dame Carol Kidu, Minister for Community Development in PNG and Mr Ian Howie UNFPA representative in Vietnam for three days and were able to learn first hand of the situations they are working with. 

We were also engaged in our role as Secretariat to the Parliamentary Group on Population and Development in the launch of the ‘State of the World Population’ UNFPA Report at Parliament House which Senator Maryse Payne hosted. 

ARHA has also made a submission to The White Paper on the Australian aid program and attended some of the meetings about this and the new health policy. 

I also attended the Australian Council for International Development (of which we are a member) Annnual General Meeting held over two days and participated in the Gender Equity Working Group meeting and the “Bringing the community Along’ workshop

We are currently busy working on our priorities for the year ahead whilst continuing with our work on upgrading our publications and websites and investigating new possibilities for fund raising and philanthropy.  We would of course very much welcome any input or ideas from our members! 

Best wishes
Christina Richards  

Mr Ian Howie, UNFPA Rep Vietnam, Dame Carol Kidu MP (PNG) and Senator Marise Payne (Aust) at the UNFPA State of the World Population Launch. October 2005

DOMESTIC NEWS

Supermarket-run pharmacies a possibility
Ninemsn -

Dame Carol Kidu Minister for
Community Development Papua New
Guinea at the PNG Forum October 2005

Dr Clement Malau, Burnet Institute
ARHA PNG Forum Oct 2005 

Dr Richard Feachem Executive Director Global Fund
at the PNG Forum October 2005 

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Free Family Planning
November 3 PNG Post-Courier

Sorcery, Shame Hinders Fight Against AIDS;
Paupaua New Guinea on the verge of an African
Style Epidemic, Experts Say
November 3 Reuters

Proportion of Women in UK Accessing Nonprescription Emergency Contraception Nearly Doubles
1 November UK Office for National Statistics

AIDS Gel on a Faster Track; Merck, Bristol to License Drugs Free for Use in
Poor Countries
November 1 Washington Post

Microbicide Field Praises Agreement to License New AIDS Drugs
October 31 - EurekAlert

Women Who Terminate Unplanned, Unwanted First Preganancy DoNot Increase Risk of Depression
Study

NEW RESOURCES
The resource page has a new look and more additions.