HC Deb 25 February 2002 vol 380 cc885-7W
Angus Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what population reproductive health programmes are directly run by her Department in(a) Africa, (b) south and central America, (c) the middle east, (d) central and eastern Europe, (e) Asia and (f) Oceania; and if she will make a statement. [37234]

Country Programme
(a) Africa
Nigeria Sexual and Reproductive Health programme; life planning education programme; HIV/AIDS programme
Kenya Family health programme; HIV/AIDS programme; safe motherhood demonstration project
South Africa Reproductive health programme; social marketing of condoms; Soul City multi media initiative
Mozambique Social marketing of condoms
Zambia HIV/AIDS and reproductive health programme
Uganda Support for TASO—AIDS Support Organisation
Malawi Sexual and maternal health programme
Tanzania Safe motherhood programme; family planning programme; support for health sector reform including sexual and reproductive health
Zimbabwe Sexual and reproductive health programme
Ghana Ghana HIV/AIDS programme

Clare Short

Reproductive health is a priority for my Department. The target of achieving access to reproductive health for all by 2015 is at the core of our reproductive health policy. We are working with partners to ensure that the international community and developing countries continue to give the issue the priority it demands.

The following is a list of current reproductive health programmes (over £1 million) funded by DFID:

Country Programme
Mozambique HIV/AIDS and maternal health programme
Sierra Leone Strengthening reproductive health provision
Ethiopia Social marketing of condoms
Africa Regional (Ethiopia, Rwanda and Burundi) Support to International Partnership Against AIDS in Africa
Southern Africa Development Co-ordinating Committee Regional HIV/AIDS Programme
(b) South and Central America
Central America: regional Improving sexual and reproductive health services
Bolivia Health and Sexual Education programme
Peru Reproductive Health programme
(c) Middle East None
(d) Central and Eastern Europe
Russian Federation STD programme; HIV/AIDS programme; support for Russian Family Planning Association
(e) Asia
China HIV/AIDS programme
Bangladesh Reproductive health and disease control project; contraceptive social marketing; HIV/AIDS programme; CARE-RASTTA Bondor STD/HIV project
India Support for National AIDS Control Programme, Orissa reproductive health project
Nepal Reproductive health programme and rights-based response to HIV/AIDS
Pakistan Reproductive health programme; social marketing of condoms; private sector population project; community based family planning project
Asia Regional HIV/AIDS prevention in Asia
f) Oceania None