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  • Title: Cairo conference follow-up.
    Journal: Afr Health; 1995 Jan; 17(2):5-6. PubMed ID: 12346094.
    Abstract:
    The declaration of the International Conference on Population and Development, which was held in Cairo, met with criticism and acclaim. The International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) approved of the focus on women, but other organizations thought too much emphasis was placed on population rather than development. The conference moved away from demographic targets and won spending commitments for activities such as women's reproductive health. Specific goals were set for maternal, infant, and child mortality, as well as for education, particularly of women (educated women have been shown to have fewer children). Unmet needs for contraception and reproductive health services were addressed (the biggest breakthrough according to IPPF), and the issue of unsafe abortion was discussed (Catholics and Muslims succeeded in amending the draft declaration, but IPPF considers the main ideas to be intact.). Governments were called upon to commit to women's health, to deal with the impact of unsafe abortion as a major public health issue, and to reduce recourse to abortion by expanding and improving family planning services. The importance of sex education for teenagers was retained in the draft. ENDA, which is based in Dakar, complained that development issues "sank into oblivion"; that migratory peoples received inadequate attention; and that more time should have been spent on how to implement the declaration.
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