Family planning healthcare network gains momentum
The non-profit
organisation Marie Stopes International Vietnam (MSIVN), in cooperation
with the Vietnam Centre for Reproductive Health, has set up the alliance
in HCM City, Hanoi, and Hai Phong and Khanh Hoa, Binh Duong,
Dong Nai, and An Giang provinces.
It seeks to offer
low-income people access to quality reproductive healthcare and family
planning through existing private clinics, Nguyen Thi Bich Hang, country
director of MSIVN, said.
It also seeks to increase
utilisation of modern reproductive health and family planning methods to
reduce unsafe abortions and improve access to preventive contraceptive
methods.
The BlueStar providers receive training in areas
like family planning knowledge, counselling, clinical skills, marketing,
and business management.
The organisation also assists
franchisees with improving infrastructure and monitoring the quality of
services to ensure agreed standards are met.
Last year
alone the network served nearly 400,000 people, providing
family-planning services to 152,000 and abortions to 63,000 people.
It is expected to add a further 80 members this year./.