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- In 2000, UNFPA helped launch 10 new country
programmes – in Azerbaijan, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, the Philippines, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan,
Uzbekistan and Zimbabwe. We also assisted in the formulation of
country programmes in Peru, Guatemala, Ecuador, Tunisia, Syria, Egypt,
the West Bank and Gaza, Lebanon, Turkey, Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar,
Viet Nam, Namibia, Swaziland, Botswana, Zambia, Mozambique, South
Africa and other countries.
- In all regions, we helped develop state-of-the-art
training to improve implementation of population programmes. In
Namibia, we assisted with socio-cultural research techniques; in
Djibouti, with information and education strategies; in Madagascar, we
advised officials on behaviour change communication strategies; in
Zimbabwe, we assisted with communication planning for HIV/AIDS. In
Myanmar, training focused on fertility and reproductive health, and
analysis of cross-border migration and reproductive health surveys. In
Lao PDR, UNFPA held training courses on the creation of a population
studies centre at the National University and population projections
and analysis.
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UNFPA provided technical assistance for census
activities to numerous countries, including Bangladesh, Botswana,
Kyrgystan, Maldives, Oman, Viet Nam and Zimbabwe. Training focused on
cartography and the preparation of enumeration maps for cartographic
databases, analysis of data, and the use of computer software for
census data processing.
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Strengthening national capacity and knowledge bases
was another priority. In Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan, UNFPA worked to
strengthen national capacities to collect, analyse and disseminate
gender disaggregated data on population, development and reproductive
health and to integrate population variables and gender concerns into
development and environment planning. In Iran, we provided technical
assistance to determine data needs and to conduct a baseline survey on
reproductive health from which to measure programme results. UNFPA
staff also helped develop a new International Masters Programme in
Population and Development at Shiraz University to increase the
availability of trained personnel in Iran and other countries in the
region. UNFPA provided assistance for a sexual harassment survey in
Morocco, a survey conducted in Qatar for the Supreme Council for
Family Affairs, and the finalization of the baseline survey in the
West Bank and Gaza.
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In the Maldives, UNFPA convened a two-day workshop
for government officials to help them integrate population factors
into their overall development strategy. UNFPA assisted Angola,
Lesotho, Mozambique, Swaziland and Zambia to ensure that their
demographic projections reflected the impact of HIV/AIDS.
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