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Swedish organisation-funded project promotes reproductive health care

A workshop to start a project on protecting rights of children from ethnic minority groups to access reproductive health care services and sex education was held in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai on June 11.
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YenBai (VNA) - A workshop to start a project on protecting rights ofchildren from ethnic minority groups to access reproductive health care servicesand sex education was held in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai onJune 11.

The project, funded by Adoptionscentrum (ACS) organisation of Sweden in Vietnamwith a total budget of 887 SEK (nearly 93,900 USD), is implemented from2019-2021.

Itwill include training courses and forums at the communal level on the right of juniorsto receive health care and sex education.

Training courses on communication skill, reproductivehealth care and sex education will also be provided for medicalworkers, and representatives from households with children aged 15-18.

Clubs of good parents and activities on reproductive health for juniors forgroups of parents and community organizations will be formed as part of activitiesin the framework of the project.

Theproject is expected to improve knowledge on and skill of reproductive health care and sex educationfor youths from ethnic minority groups in the locality.-VNA
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