The Chief Directorate Population and Development researches and advises Government on population policy and planning and development issues; and builds capacity to integrate population issues into development strategies. The objective of the programme is to research, analyze and interpret population and development trends in order to inform policy-making and planning; monitor, evaluate and facilitate the implementation of the population policy through intergovernmental programmes and develop capacity to integrate population issues into development.

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Report on the “Mother and Child Health” Sessions:
Presented to the closed meeting (9 March 2007, Mafikeng, South Africa) of African Population Commission (APC) Member States of the Southern Region of the African Union (AU).