Programme approved to help protect ethnic minorities in 2021-2030
Hanoi (VNA) –
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a programme on the protection and
development of ethnic minorities in 2021-2030.
All population
officers, health workers, and prestigious people in ethnic minority communities
will be provided with knowledge about population - family planning, and reproductive
health care by 2030.
The
number of child marriages and consanguineous marriage is expected to be reduced by
3-5 percent per year, while more than 50 percent of youths will receive
pre-martial advices and health examination for early detection of infectious diseases
and HIV.
At least 70 percent of
pregnant mothers and newborns will be screened for the five most popular congenital diseases.
Nearly
all ethnic minority people will be able to get rid of illiteracy by 2030. Up to 70 percent of workers will receive appropriate training required for the local
development./.