Bangkok--22 Apr--Swissotel Le Concorde Bangkok Deputy Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Siriporn Kanchana presided over at the opening of “Consultative Meeting of Experts and Members of International Programme Advisory Committee (IPAC) on Strategic Programme Development” for Partners in Population and Development from 23 developing countries in Asia, Latin America and Caribbean, Middle East — North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa, at Swissotel Le Concorde Bangkok. The discussion was on PPD (Partners in Population and Development) strategic directions, identify specific areas of programme interventions and avenue for there implementation, recently. Photo shows; seated from 3rd left are, - Dr. Sopon Mekthon, Deputy Director — General of Department of health, Ministry of Public Health - Dr. Harry Sangreet Jooseery, Executive Director of Partners in Population and Development (PPD), A South-South Initiative, Permanent Observer at the United Nations - Dr. Siriporn Kanchana - Mr. G. Giridhar, Director of CST for East and Southeast Asia and Representative in Thailand of United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Swissotel Le Concorde Bangkok 204 Ratchadapisek Road, Huay Kwang, Bangkok 10320 Tel: 0 2694 2222 Ext. 1212-4 Fax: 0 2694 2214 E-mail: [email protected]