The Chinese government has recently announced a plan to donate ten million yuan or over one million US dollars worth of reproductive health commodities to other member countries of Partners in Population and Development, or PPD.
The promise was made at the annual meeting of PPD held earlier this month in Beijing.
Our reporter Dan Dan has more.
 As a south-south initiative, PPD was founded in 1994, when recognition was underlined that family planning and reproductive health, population and development services and products in developing countries were underutilized resources.
Currently, the organization has 21 member countries involving half of the world's total population.
Ever since it joined the organization nine years ago, China has worked actively to promote exchanges and cooperation among developing countries in the population and development field.
The country has helped others to train nearly a thousand personnel in the management and technical service sectors.
In the coming five years, China will continue to do its part to contribute to the PPD. Zhang Weiqing, the director of the national population and family planning commission, says the country will hold training classes focusing on the population and development issues as well as donate 10 million yuan worth of reproductive commodities.
"Though the assistance we provide is limited, our wish to help others is sincere, pragmatic and without any affiliated political conditions."
It is observed there have been huge demands for reproductive health commodities and services in developing countries in recent years. The pressing demand has generated the development of appropriate technologies.
It's said these countries still need to further enhance their management standards and enable their commodities to comply with international quality standards.
On the other hand, procurement and service delivery agencies, faced with severe financial difficulties, desire access to low-cost products of assured quality.
These agencies also prefer to have supportive mechanisms such as the greater use of the commercial sector to allow resources to be focused on poorer users.
To address these issues, Chinese State Councillor Hua Jianmin has called for more dialogue and cooperation among countries.
"All the countries should take practical actions to realize the transfer of more resources to developing countries. We hope all countries can keep their promises to focus their key work on assisting developing countries."
Hua Jianmin points out special care should be given to certain African countries to help them realize the goal of ensuring reproductive health services for everyone by 2015.
Dan Dan, CRI News. |
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