The Vietnam Family Planning Association (VINAFPA) plans to expand itsservices over the next five years to poor and remote areas, especiallythose inhabited by ethnic minority communities.
In a reportreleased on November 24, the association said it has provided advice onreproductive health and family planning to nearly five million peopleover the last five years.
It has also delivered more than 3.5million pamphlets and other information documents to residents,including adolescents and workers in industrial zones.
The modelof providing pre-marriage consultancy and health-examinations wasintroduced in the northern port city of Hai Phong and the provinces ofNam Dinh and Nghe An. More than 500 couples in the three localitiesbenefited from the service.
More than 10 reproductive health clinics were set up across the country.
Nguyen Ba Thuy, chairman of the association, said that the shortageof funds was a big challenge for several provinces and cities.
Withoutadequate funding, the localities would not be able to buy more medicalequipment that they need to continue providing services, he said.
Anothershortcoming that continued to affect the association's performance wasthe lack of co-ordination between different branches of the associationand other local relevant organisations made it difficult to learn fromeach other's experiences and help each other.
Pham Ba Nhat,deputy chairman of the association, said that in the coming five years,the association's activities would be focused on residents in poor,remote areas in the central province of Quang Binh where the Van Kieuand Ruc ethnic minorities reside, and in the northern mountainousprovince of Yen Bai, home to the Giay and Kho Mu ethnic minorities.
Theassociation would strive to set up reproductive health clinics in allprovinces and cities by 2019, he said, adding that they would beequipped with three-dimensional and four-dimensional ultrasoundmachines.
Training courses would be organised for volunteers and social workers to increase their effectiveness, Nhat said.
The association would also mobilise more support for its work from the State, localities and international agencies, he added.
TheVINAFPA was founded in 1993. It is a member of the Vietnam FatherlandFront and the International Planned Parenthood Federation.-VNA
In a reportreleased on November 24, the association said it has provided advice onreproductive health and family planning to nearly five million peopleover the last five years.
It has also delivered more than 3.5million pamphlets and other information documents to residents,including adolescents and workers in industrial zones.
The modelof providing pre-marriage consultancy and health-examinations wasintroduced in the northern port city of Hai Phong and the provinces ofNam Dinh and Nghe An. More than 500 couples in the three localitiesbenefited from the service.
More than 10 reproductive health clinics were set up across the country.
Nguyen Ba Thuy, chairman of the association, said that the shortageof funds was a big challenge for several provinces and cities.
Withoutadequate funding, the localities would not be able to buy more medicalequipment that they need to continue providing services, he said.
Anothershortcoming that continued to affect the association's performance wasthe lack of co-ordination between different branches of the associationand other local relevant organisations made it difficult to learn fromeach other's experiences and help each other.
Pham Ba Nhat,deputy chairman of the association, said that in the coming five years,the association's activities would be focused on residents in poor,remote areas in the central province of Quang Binh where the Van Kieuand Ruc ethnic minorities reside, and in the northern mountainousprovince of Yen Bai, home to the Giay and Kho Mu ethnic minorities.
Theassociation would strive to set up reproductive health clinics in allprovinces and cities by 2019, he said, adding that they would beequipped with three-dimensional and four-dimensional ultrasoundmachines.
Training courses would be organised for volunteers and social workers to increase their effectiveness, Nhat said.
The association would also mobilise more support for its work from the State, localities and international agencies, he added.
TheVINAFPA was founded in 1993. It is a member of the Vietnam FatherlandFront and the International Planned Parenthood Federation.-VNA
