IPPF Director General Bermejo scheduled to visit Nepal from April 30

Dr Alvaro Bermejo, Director General of International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), will be visiting Nepal beginning from April 30.

According to the Federation, during the five-day visit concluding on May 4, Dr. Bermejo is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal along with senior representatives of the government to discuss the national Sexual & Reproductive Health policy landscape, extending appreciation for the strides made by Nepal in ensuring universal and equitable access to good quality and comprehensive SRH services, while also discussing strategies to close existing gaps between policy and practice.

He will observe programme of their Member Association – The Family Planning Association of Nepal (FPAN)- a leading NGO devoted to SRHR in Nepal for last 64 years.
In addition to this, he will also participate in a dialogue on the changing needs and challenges with community leaders from the LGBTI+, Persons living with Disabilities, and PLHIV networks from the country and meet with in-country representatives of multilateral and UN Agencies like WHO, UNFPA,UNAIDS and media persons.

IPPF is a leading global non-governmental organisation which is both a healthcare provider and a leading advocate of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) for all, in more than 189 countries.

It supports the FPAN to run implement programmes for its diverse target groups that include poor, marginalized, socially excluded and underserved (PMSEU) people, including sex workers, people living with HIV (PLHIV), LGBTIQ / sexual minorities, people who inject drugs (PWID), migrant workers, GBV survivors, disabled, urban slum dwellers and vulnerable young people, women and young girls, it is said.