Vinh Phuc moves towards sustainable population development. - Ilustrative image (Photo: VNA) Vinh Phuc (VNA) - The northern province of Vinh Phuc plans tohave its entire population managed by the national population database system.
Under the province’s population strategy in the 2021-2025 period, it will provide health insurance and offer medical examinations and treatment to all elderlypeople at home and in healthcare facilities.
Vinh Phuc aims to maintain a reasonable age structure, with the ratio of childrenunder 15 years old to be 23.5 percent and people aged 65 and over to be 9 percent.
It will bring the fertility rate closerto the replacementfertility level, increasethe rate of womenof reproductive age having convenient access to modern contraception and support in reproductive health to 95 percent, and halvethe number of unwantedpregnancies.
The provinceaims to have 70 percent of young men and women obtaining health advice and check-upsbefore marriage, 50 percent of pregnant women being screened for at least four ofthe most common birth defects, and 70 percent of new-born babies being screenedfor at least the five most common congenital diseases.
It expects to see life expectancy of 75 years, whilethe urban population rate is to stand at 50 percent of the total.
The provinceis working to fully tap into its “golden population structure”, adapt to populationaging, and improve quality of the population, thus contributing to its socio-economicdevelopment.
To reach these targets, provincial authorities will focus on improving mechanisms,policies, and laws on population, and bolstering the quality of population-related services.
It also has policies to encourage organisations, businesses, individuals,and production and distribution establishments to provide population-related services./.
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