EAST ASIA: Women's special health needs in war or disaster
Updated
A special program to guard women's health after conflicts or natural disasters is being introduced for East Asia and the South Pacific. The health effort is based on research that shows pregnancy and childbirth complications are the most common causes of death and disability among women forceD to flee their homes.
Presenter: Graeme Dobell
Speakers: Jane Singleton, the Australian Reproductive Health Alliance; Dr Tran Nguyen Toan, the International Planned Parenthood Federation; Dr Wilma Doedens, United Nations Population Fund; Dr Anna Whelan, Associate professor, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales
