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ALLAN
ROSENFIELD, HOSSEIN AFZALI, ALGERIA & MALAYSIAN ORGANIZATIONS WIN 2007
UNITED NATIONS POPULATION AWARD (MaximsNews.com,
U.N.) |
UNITED NATIONS - / www.MaximsNews.com@UN/
- 02 May 2007 – Columbia
University’s Allan Rosenfield, Iran’s Hossein Malek Afzali and Algeria’s
National Population Committee and Malaysia’s National Population and Family
Development Board have won this
year’s United Nations Population Award.
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They
were selected for outstanding work in population and in the health and
welfare of individuals by the 10-nation Committee for the United Nations
Population Award.
This
is the first time that the Award has gone to four laureates since it was
established in 1981.
The
Award Committee, chaired by Sweden’s Ambassador Anders Lidén, chose the
laureates from 29 international nominees. Each winner will receive a
diploma, a gold medal and an equal share of a monetary prize.
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The
Award is due to be presented at a ceremony here on Thursday, 7 June.
Dr.
Rosenfield has been affiliated with Columbia University in New York since 1975,
and is now Dean and Professor of Family Health at its Mailman School of Public
Health.
He
has taken part in high-level advocacy and other work, serving on the boards of
numerous organizations or in advisory groups for the United Nations Millennium
Project, World Health Organization, National Academy of Sciences, David and
Lucile Packard Foundation, Kaiser Family Foundation and the Global Health
Council.
He
has been involved not only in reproductive health, but also in women’s health
and human rights issues.
In
1985, Dr. Rosenfield co-wrote a seminal paper on maternal death in The Lancet;
subsequently, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation launched the Averting
Maternal Death and Disability programme, which supports projects in some 50
countries, according to information sent to the Award Committee.
Dr.
Afzali, Deputy Minister for Research and Technology at Iran’s Ministry of
Health and Medical Education since 1999, first served as a Health Corps Officer
in several Iranian provinces in 1965.
Dr.
Afzali has helped design strategies to improve health procedures, particularly
primary health care, adolescent health, reproductive health and family
planning.
According
to information sent to the Award Committee, he played a major role in advocacy,
helping to engage policymakers and religious leaders in the design and
implementation of reproductive health programmes in Iran.
Created
in 1996, Algeria’s National Population Committee has been advising the
Government in formulating population policies and incorporating the population
dimension into social and economic development plans and programmes, according
to information provided to the Award Committee.
It
has also helped introduce population education in the core curriculum, sponsor
important research on the determinants of fertility and taken part in a variety
of advocacy work.
Malaysia’s
National Population and Family Development Board has been active since 1966,
conducting socio-demographic research and monitoring population trends and
programmes in order to create awareness among policymakers and managers,
according to information sent to the Award Committee.
The
Board focuses on family development and on promoting family well-being,
including family education and counselling. It also promotes reproductive health
through the provision of family planning and a wide range of services, such as
infertility management, early cancer detection screenings, psychosexual
counselling, and special programmes for adolescents.
The
Population Award Committee consists of 10 Member States, elected to three-year
terms by the Economic and Social Council. UNFPA, the United Nations Population
Fund, serves as its secretariat.
Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon and UNFPA Executive Director Thoraya Ahmed Obaid are ex-officio
members.
UNFPA,
the United Nations Population Fund, is an international development agency that
promotes the right of every woman, man and child to enjoy a life of health and
equal opportunity.
UNFPA
supports countries in using population data for policies and programmes to
reduce poverty and to ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every birth is
safe, every young person is free of HIV/AIDS, and every girl and woman is
treated with dignity and respect.
For
more information contact: Omar Gharzeddine, gharzeddine@unfpa.org.
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