Health For All and Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19)


Sexual and reproductive health services are essential services, including during pandemics like COVID-19

The recently released Asia and the Pacific SDG Progress Report 2020 shows that Asia and the Pacific region is not on track to achieve any of the 169 targets of the 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs), including those around ensuring universal access to sexual and reproductive health services. Despite commitments made by governments, inequality in the region is growing and the economic gains made by it are not translating into poverty reduction and gender equity.
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Sustainable Development e-Talks | #SDGtalks

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World Health Day Webinar: Health For All and corona virus disease (COVID-19)

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Corona virus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is a grim reminder of what ails one, ails us all

Over a million positive cases of corona virus disease (COVID-19) have been reported worldwide (1,018,150 cases as on 3rd April 2020) with 53,251 untimely deaths. Corona virus disease (COVID-19) was first reported in Wuhan, China, on 31 December 2019. The United Nations health agency (World Health Organization - WHO) had declared COVID-19 as a public health emergency of international concern on 30 January 2020 (same day when first case of COVID-19 was reported in India). Later WHO declared it as a global pandemic. More worrying are warnings from epidemiologists who estimate that the trajectory of corona virus could peak furthermore in several countries in coming weeks/ months.
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Corona virus disease, sexual and reproductive health and rights for all (including sex workers) and SDGs in Asia and the Pacific


This Podcast features Kay Thi Win, Regional Coordinator of Asia Pacific Network of Sex Workers (APNSW) and Alexandra Johns, Executive Director of Asia Pacific Alliance for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (APA). Special voices of Liz Hilton of Empower Foundation of Thailand, Meena Saraswathi Seshu of SANGRAM in India, also enrich the discussion and bring forth key issues.
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#COVID19, sexual & reproductive health & rights for all (incl. sex workers) & SDGs in Asia Pacific


5th #APCRSHR10 Dialogues featured Kay Thi Win of APNSW and Alexandra Johns of APA

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World TB Day message from head of India's national TB programme


Is HIV epidemic outpacing the AIDS response in Asia Pacific?

[हिंदी] With nine months left to meet the HIV-related 2020 targets, we are not on track to end AIDS by 2030. In Asia Pacific region, despite unprecedented progress initially in scaling up HIV programmes for prevention, treatment, care and support (in different countries and key populations), we are still lagging way behind. The UNAIDS (Joint United Nations programme on HIV/AIDS) report succinctly observes "Asia and the Pacific boasts some of the earliest successes in responding to the HIV epidemic. The region's response, however, is highly uneven, and several national HIV programmes are not keeping pace with their growing HIV epidemics. Creeping complacency in other countries risks squandering gains made thus far."
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Urgent unprecedented actions are required to be on track to prevent HIV, STIs and progress on gender equality


This Podcast features Dr Ishwar Gilada, International AIDS Society (IAS) Governing Council member from Asia and the Pacific and President of AIDS Society of India.

Be welcome to listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, aCast, Podtail, BluBrry, and other podcast streaming platforms.
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Urgent & unprecedented actions required to be on track to prevent HIV & STIs | #APCRSHR10 Dialogues


Listen to two infectious disease experts on responding effectively to corona virus disease (COVID-19)


This Podcast features two infectious disease experts: Dr R Sajith Kumar, Professor and Chief of Infectious Diseases and Head of Medical Education, Government Medical College Kottayam Kerala (India) and Dr Trupti Gilada-Baheti, Infectious Disease expert at Unison Medicare and Research Centre, Mumbai (India).
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#Coronavirus disease (#COVID19): #InfectiousDisease experts from #Kerala & #Mumbai share insights



Corona virus disease (COVID-19) webinar: Connect with experts on 16th March

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4th #APCRSHR10 Dialogues featured Dr Ishwar Gilada, IAS (International AIDS Society) Governing Council member (Asia Pacific)

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Universal access to sexual and reproductive health services is a human rights imperative

(हिंदी) The Asia Pacific region is home to more than half of the global population and many low income countries. While the region is witnessing rapid economic growth, gender inequalities persist and sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services are far from being available to all. In the lead up to this year's International Women's Day and the forthcoming 10th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights (APCRSHR10) in Cambodia, CNS Managing Editor Shobha Shukla spoke with Tomoko Fukuda, Regional Director of the International Planned Parenthood Federation for East & South-East Asia and Oceania Region, on advancing gender equality and universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in this region.
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Universal and rights-based access to sexual and reproductive health services is key for SDGs


This Podcast features Ms Tomoko Fukuda, Regional Director of International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) for the East and South-East Asia and Oceania Region (ESEAOR).

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"No stepping out" is the life-influencing message of breast cancer "thriver": International Women's Day special

I was born and brought in a happy family in New Delhi. I had a twin sister and a younger brother.  Both my parents were working. I graduated from Hindu College, Delhi University in 1977 and went to Peoples’ Friendship University in Moscow (erstwhile USSR) for an integrated course in Geology. Finally, back home again, I did my Ph.D in Geochemistry. After getting married I stayed in Eastern parts of India and for the first time saw the economic and social difficulties that I had never come across in Delhi.
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Universal rights-based access to sexual and reproductive health services is key for SDGs


People with HIV in urban Zimbabwe prefer individual care at a health facility

Personal preferences should drive the scale up of differentiated antiretroviral therapy models
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Gender equality and women's rights are critical cog in the wheel to advance progress on SDGs


This Podcast features Mr Björn Andersson, UNFPA Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific.
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#APCRSHR10 Dialogues (episode 3) featured Tomoko Fukuda of IPPF (ESEAOR)

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Gender equity and human rights are pivotal for advancing progress on SDGs

The Nairobi Statement endorsed to mark 25 years of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD25) gives renewed hope and stronger thrust to gender equity and human rights. Achieving universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights as a part of universal health coverage; zero unmet need for family planning information and services, and universal availability of quality, accessible, affordable and safe modern contraceptives; zero preventable maternal deaths and maternal morbidities; and zero gender based violence, are some of the key promises that were made last year at ICPD25.
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Love transcends boundaries, cements humanity

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Gender equality, women’s empowerment & rights-based access to SRHR are key for SDGs



Harvey - Pulitzer Prize winning theater play



Keeping momentum high is key for advancing progress on sexual and reproductive health and rights in Asia Pacific


This Podcast features Dr Chivorn Var, who is the convener of 10th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights (APCRSHR10), and Executive Director of Reproductive Health Association of Cambodia (RHAC).
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Local actions are critical cog-in-the-wheel to #beatNCDs & #endtobacco


#APCRSHR10 Dialogues (episode 2) featured Björn Andersson of UNFPA Asia & the Pacific

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Accelerating progress on sexual & reproductive health & rights is key driver towards SDGs

[हिंदी] Improvements in the health sector, as well as in other sectors such as infrastructure development, economic growth and poverty reduction, play a major role in improving not only health and life expectancy of the people, but also have a direct impact on their sexual and reproductive health.
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Sexual & reproductive health & rights in context of Asia Pacific & SDGs



Alarmingly high mortality in hospitalised patients with HIV/TB co-infection in Malawi and South Africa

[published in NAM aidsmap]
Improved implementation of TB and HIV care cascade would reduce human suffering and untimely deaths
Shobha Shukla and Bobby Ramakant
published in NAM aidsmap
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