Healthy Nations, Wealthy Economies!
A symposium organized by Share-Net and MDG5 Meshwork took place at the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) on 30 May 2011. The afternoon was organized around the question why and how the Netherlands should continue investing in Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) and HIV/AIDS.
The meeting was organized as a response to current developments in Dutch international development policy. Experts from India, Washington and the Netherlands and an audience of more than 40 people from Dutch non-profit organizations, universities, research institutes and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs gathered in the reading room of KIT.
Focal area reproductive health
Recently, the Dutch government has decided to scale back Official Development Assistance (ODA) from 0.8% to 0.7% of GNI. Stimulating economic development will drive support and investments of Dutch international development aid. Although SRHR remained one of the four focal areas this field will be affected as well. Therefore this symposium discussed and shared the economic benefits of investing in SRHR and HIV/AIDS. The wide variety of speakers and expertise resulted in a fruitful and lively debate. Is it all about politics or economics? You may find a full report and all the presentations here.
- Report: Healthy Nations Wealthy Economies
- Presentation: Current Dutch Development Policy - J. de Lange
- Presentation: Why the Dutch should keep investing in SRHR & HIV - K. Kostermans
- Presentation: Linking SRHR & HIV/AIDS - S. Sharma