Фото-конкурс проводимый Всемирной Организацией Здравоохранения

Call for Submissions of Photographs: WHO Photo Competition on the theme of sexual and reproductive health / 9 March-13 April 2004 / For details please visit:
http://www.who.int/reproductive-health/photocompetition.html
The World Health Organization in Geneva is Launching ‘River of Life’ Photo competion.

WHO is inviting photographers from around the world to submit images that capture four key stages in the "River of Life": Love, Life, Illness and Death. Our challenge to photographers everywhere is to help lift the veil on this most sensitive of subjects through the lens of your camera. Cultural and
social taboos often obscure the central role that sexual and reproductive health plays in all our lives as individuals, couples or families. We are inviting photographers to use their cameras to bring to life success stories in sexual and reproductive health and also to zoom in on the glaring inequalities where we, as a global community, must do better.

This competition is part of WHO's broader effort to raise public awareness of the importance of reproductive health and the challenges the international community is facing in this area. Many developing countries suffer from persistently high rates of maternal deaths, sexually transmitted infections including HIV, unwanted pregnancies, and unsafe abortion.

The competition is open to both amateur and professional photographers. Judged by a panel of experts, the winning photographs will be displayed at the World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva in May 2004, and used in a WHO campaign on sexual and reproductive health. The exhibition will coincide with
the presentation of the new global reproductive health strategy to the WHA and mark the 10th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD).