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Module One
The Policy Framework for Population and Reproductive Health – Agenda

 

 

Monday 20 September

Tuesday 21 September

Wednesday 22 September

Thursday 23 September

Friday 24 September

AM

08:30

to

10:30

Course Opening

Vinod Thomas
Director, WBI

Session 1: Introduction to Course – Overview

Tom Merrick
World Bank

Session 3: Changing Demographic Environments

John Bongaarts
The Population Council

Session 5: Linkages Between Gender, Demographic and Reproductive Health Outcomes, and Poverty

Sharon Fonn
Women’s Health Project

Session 6: Linkages Between Demography and Macroeconomics

 Jere Behrman
University of Pennsylvania

Allen Kelley
Duke University

Session 7: Economic Analyses of Population and Reproductive Health Program Approaches

Jim Knowles
Consultant

 

Coffee Break

Coffee Break

Coffee Break

Coffee Break

Coffee Break

AM

11:00

to

12:30

Session 2: New Directions in Population

Margaret Catley-Carlson
Former President
The Population Council

Session 3 continued:

Group Work

Session 5 continued:

Case Example: South Africa

Sharon Fonn
Women’s Health Project

Session 6 continued:

Demographic Windows of Opportunity

David Bloom
Harvard School of Public Health

Session 7 continued:

Role Play on Government Involvement in Reproductive Health

WBI Players

 

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch Session: A Balloon Debate on Population and Economic Development
"It’s Not Just Sex: Why Economists Should Be Interested in the Population Debate"

Lunch

PM

14:00

to

15:30

 

 

PM

16:00

to

17:30

Pre-Course Evaluation
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Introduction to Group Exercise with Country Teams
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Introduction to Group Exercise with Country Teams

Participants and Staff

Session 4: Linkages Between Reproductive Health, Welfare and Poverty

Carla AbouZahr
World Health Organization

Session 5 continued:

Reproductive Choice and Reproductive Rights

Sharon Fonn
Women’s Health Project

Session 6 continued:

Group Exercise: Poster on Policy Options

Session 7 continued:

Case Study: Vietnam

Fadia Sadaah
World Bank

Coffee Break

Coffee Break

Coffee Break

Coffee Break

Coffee Break

Group Exercise continued:

Session 4 continued:
Boundaries of Reproductive Health

Allan Hill
Harvard School of Public Health

Session 5 continued: Gender and Reproductive Health

Marilyn Lauglo
World Bank

Group Exercise: Take a Stand

Caroline Zwicker
World Bank

Session 6 continued:

  

Session 7 continued:

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