The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) will continue to support theVietnamese Government implement its plan on reproductive healthcareduring the period 2012-2016, said its representative Bruce Campbell.
Heannounced this at a ceremony held in Hanoi on April 10 to mark 10 yearsof joint operations between the Vietnam Family Planning Association(VFPA), UNFPA and the Luxembourg Government. The project aims toincrease the accessibility and quality of reproductive health careservices and mainly focuses on safe motherhood, adolescent sexual healthand reproductive rights.
The Luxembourg Government has alsoreiterated its strong commitment to joining hands with the VFPA onreproductive healthcare issues.
The VFPA’s Vice President NguyenThien Truong highlighted the assistance provided by the UNFPA and theLuxembourg Government, to help people, especially adolescents, living inremote and mountainous areas. People can now access sexual andreproductive health care much easier and the capacity of the VFPA’sstaff from central to local level has improved a great deal.
Themodel of disseminating information about sexual and reproductivehealthcare at marriage registration ceremonies first launched by theassociation will now be rolled out across 2,000 wards and communesnationwide from June 2012, he revealed.
The project has beencarried out in three stages. Under the first phase from 2001 to 2003,the project upgraded equipment and facilities for women’s clubs in thenorthern provinces of Thai Binh and Ninh Binh and central Quang Binhprovince at a cost of 384,911 USD.
The 490,150 USD second phasewas carried out between 2004-2007, to develop women’s clubs in thenorthern provinces of Thai Binh, Quang Binh, Ninh Binh, Bac Giang andQuang Ninh.
The last phase, from 2007 to 2012, worth almost 1.3million USD, is currently operating in Quang Ninh (north), Nghe An andThua Thien-Hue (centre) and Can Tho (south) using the previously triedand tested models.-VNA
Heannounced this at a ceremony held in Hanoi on April 10 to mark 10 yearsof joint operations between the Vietnam Family Planning Association(VFPA), UNFPA and the Luxembourg Government. The project aims toincrease the accessibility and quality of reproductive health careservices and mainly focuses on safe motherhood, adolescent sexual healthand reproductive rights.
The Luxembourg Government has alsoreiterated its strong commitment to joining hands with the VFPA onreproductive healthcare issues.
The VFPA’s Vice President NguyenThien Truong highlighted the assistance provided by the UNFPA and theLuxembourg Government, to help people, especially adolescents, living inremote and mountainous areas. People can now access sexual andreproductive health care much easier and the capacity of the VFPA’sstaff from central to local level has improved a great deal.
Themodel of disseminating information about sexual and reproductivehealthcare at marriage registration ceremonies first launched by theassociation will now be rolled out across 2,000 wards and communesnationwide from June 2012, he revealed.
The project has beencarried out in three stages. Under the first phase from 2001 to 2003,the project upgraded equipment and facilities for women’s clubs in thenorthern provinces of Thai Binh and Ninh Binh and central Quang Binhprovince at a cost of 384,911 USD.
The 490,150 USD second phasewas carried out between 2004-2007, to develop women’s clubs in thenorthern provinces of Thai Binh, Quang Binh, Ninh Binh, Bac Giang andQuang Ninh.
The last phase, from 2007 to 2012, worth almost 1.3million USD, is currently operating in Quang Ninh (north), Nghe An andThua Thien-Hue (centre) and Can Tho (south) using the previously triedand tested models.-VNA
