Entre Nous: the European magazine for sexual and reproductive health: no. 62: exploring partnerships in sexual and reproductive health in Europe

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Please order WHO publications directly from the WHO sales agent in each country or from Marketing and Dissemination, WHO, CH-1211,Geneva 27,Switzerland ISSN: 1014-8485 © World Health Organization 2006 CONTENTS Editorial By Gun ta Lazdane Breaking the barriers - Partnership to fight HIV/AIDS in Europe and central Asia By Thoraya Oba id The WHO/UNFPA Strategic Partnership Programme (SPP) - Using evidence-based guidelines to improve national policies and programmes in sexual and reproductive health By Michael Mbizvo 3 4 7 Partnership developments and strategical thinking of WHO Regional Office for Europe - Partnerships in health in general and in the area of"sexual and reproductive health" By Gudjon Magnusson, Frank George, Gun ta Lazdane 10 ENTRE NOUS the European magazine for sexual and reproductive health - Our very own partnership By Robert Thomson 12 WHO Regional Office for Europe and IPPF European Network: partners in sexual and reproductive health and rights By Vicky Claeys 14 Partnership to increase women's access to safe abortion services By Tracy L. Baird, Charlotte Hord, Entela Shehu 16 The importance of partnering with Parliamentarians By Ruth Genner, Neil Datta 18 The Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition: a high-level partnership working to eliminate reproductive health supply shortages By Carolyn Gibb Vogel 20 Exploring the partnership between sexual and reproductive health and rights and HIV/AIDS By Jerker Liljestrand 22 Linkages between sexual and reproductive health and overweight obesity: a life cycle epidemic By Francesco Branca 24 International collaboration in efforts to improve maternal and neonatal health in Ukraine By Helene Lefevre-Cholay 26 Collaboration experience of the Healthy Family Project on reproductive health in the Republic of Uzbekistan By Fakhriddin Nizamov, Nasir Abdul/aev 28 Resources By Jacqueline Bryld 30 THE ENTRE NOUS EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Dr Assia Brandrup­ Lukanow Senior Adviser, Division for Health, Education and Social Protection German Agency for Technical Co-operation (GTZ) Dr Evert Ketting Netherlands School of Public and Occupational Health Utrecht, The Netherlands Dr Malika Ladjali Senior Programme Specialist UNESCO/Headquarters, Paris Mr Bjarne B. Christensen Ms Adriane Martin Hilber Head of secretariat, Sex & Technical Officer, Department Samfund, the Danish Member of Reproductive Health and Association of IPPF Research, WHO Headquarters, Dr Helle Karro Geneva Head, Department of Obstet- Ms Nell Rasmussen LLM rics and Gynaecology, Medical Director, PRO-Centre, Faculty, University ofTartu, Copenhagen Estonia Dr Peer Sieben UNFPA Representative and Country Director, Romania Ms Vicky Claeys Regional Director International Planned Parent­ hood Federation, European Network (IPPF-EN), Brussels Dr Robert Thomson Adviser on Sexuality, Repro­ ductive Health & Advocacy, UNFPA Country Technical Services Team for Europe, Bratislava