The WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean in collaboration with United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) held a joint regional workshop on using guidelines for making pregnancy safer and family planning, in Cairo, Egypt, from 14 to 18 January 2005. The workshop was a consequence of the successful close collaboration between UNFPA and WHO, and followed the launching, in 2004, of the Strategic Partnership Programme between the two organizations. A report of the workshop has been produced.