Putting Pacific Health Issues On The Global Arena

Putting Pacific Health Issues On The Global Arena

PRESS RELEASES:
27 August 2010

[Suva- August 27] The challenges posed by health related issues of the Pacific Islanders and impact on the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) will be discussed at a workshop, focused on these issues, during the 63rd United Nations DPI/NGO conference that starts in Melbourne, Australia on Monday.

The workshop titled the “Forum on Global Health and the MDGs – Efforts of Pacific Island NGOs” will take place on Tuesday, August 31.

The session will include presentations from Pacific Regional NGOs (PRNGOs) on topics that address the health challenges of the community, women, children and people with disability.

The panel of presenters at this session include: Margaret Eastgate from the Pacific Disability Forum; Chandra Shekhar from Save the Children Fiji and Edwina Kotoisuva and the Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre. The session will be moderated by Margaret Leniston, Regional Health Programme Manager, at the Foundation of the Peoples of the South Pacific International (FSPI).

The panel will demonstrate that achieving the MDGs requires non-state actors to address the key determinants of health of different population groups. The panel will also identify the key determinants of health, the challenges for population groups such as women, children, youth, and people with disabilities, and the community development strategies used by NGOs to contribute to achieving the MDGs.

The participant of Pacific Regional NGOs at this event has been supported by the UNDP Pacific Centre and AusAID.

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