Imprints of Nghe An's population work in 2023

In 2023, the industryNghe An populationhas advised the Department of Health to issue many plans to implement tasks such as the Plan to implement an integrated communication campaign to provide reproductive health care/family planning services and improve population quality.

Plan to organize activities in response to the National Action Month on Population and Vietnam Population Day December 26, 2023; Successfully organize the launching ceremony in Tan Ky district and the Campaign for reproductive health care/family planning and improving population quality in the whole province; Organize activities in response to the National Action Month on Population and celebrate Vietnam Population Day December 26, 2023 in Quy Hop district.

The sector has also consulted with the Provincial Population Steering Committee and coordinated with many localities to successfully organize commemorative days associated with the implementation of professional tasks such as: World Population Day July 11 in Yen Thanh district; World Contraception Day September 26 in Hung Nguyen district; International Day of the Girl Child October 11 in Quynh Luu district.

Successfully organized the "Golden Bell" contest to learn about adolescent and youth reproductive health for high school students in Hung Nguyen district, Vinh city, Nghia Dan, Quy Chau, Nghi Loc; the "Be a girl to shine" contest for middle school students in Hung Nguyen, Tan Ky, Do Luong districts created a widespread effect and helped students improve their knowledge about population, reproductive health care, prevention of early marriage and incestuous marriage, prevention of sexual abuse...

Reproductive health care activities for women of childbearing age continue to receive attention from the industry. Notably, the contest "Women with population work in the new situation" with the theme "Connecting love - Full of happiness" was held in Thanh Chuong, Anh Son, Ky Son and Tuong Duong districts.

At the same time, dozens of specialized talks on reproductive health care, communication sessions, community consultation on reproductive health care to contribute to building happy families; Communication on population and development, improving population quality... for women's union members.

Elderly health care activities continue to be maintained. In particular, the contest "Elderly people live happily - live healthily" was organized for members of the elderly association in 3 units: Hoang Mai town, Do Luong, Yen Thanh. In addition, nearly 24 communication sessions were organized for more than 7,500 elderly people in Vinh city, Hung Nguyen, Nam Dan, Nghi Loc, Cua Lo town, Quynh Luu, Tuong Duong, Do Luong, Dien Chau on health issues for the elderly, communication on population aging and promoting the role of the elderly.

The sector also focuses on training, fostering, and coaching; innovating and improving quality from form to content. During the year, nearly 20 training sessions were organized for district and commune population officials, block population collaborators, and hamlet and village health workers with more than 3,000 participants. Directly participating in the lectures are leading population experts from across the country, helping to improve communication skills and perform professional tasks for the population work team of the province.

The provision of reproductive health care/family planning services; social marketing of contraceptives has been given attention; programs on improving population quality have been well implemented. This is an effort of the entire sector in the context of the funding of the Target Program on Health - Population having expired, but many units have proactively consulted and requested funding from the locality to carry out activities early and effectively.

Activities of collecting, updating information on changes, processing and managing the population data system have been strengthened, ensuring timeliness and accuracy as a data source for the province and the Ministry of Health. By 2023, training on initial population recording (A0 book) has been provided across the province, helping to collect information effectively and scientifically. Coordination with provincial units on strengthening communication activities on population and development work in the new situation continues to be maintained and promoted.

Thereby, we have coordinated with units such as the Provincial Women's Union; Provincial Youth Union; Association of the Elderly; Department of Education and Training... to successfully organize many competitions with high impact and create good impressions.

With the active activities of the provincial Population Department, Nghe An has contributed to being the leading locality in the country in communication work with many rich and diverse forms, targeting many audiences. Of which, more than 110 community consultation communication sessions with many different contents have been organized.

Communication on social networking sites such as Facebook, Zalo, TikTok, etc. has become a fast and effective channel of information and propaganda for the industry on policies, population and health activities, and is a modern propaganda channel with the ability to interact and spread to a large number of people.

Nghe An population figures in 2023:

- Average population: 3,505 thousand people.

- Total number of children born: 44,150 children, down 180 children compared to 2022.

- Birth rate decreased by 0.2%o.

- Number of children born as the third child or more: 12,400 children, a decrease of 656 children compared to 2022.

- The birth rate of the third child or more is: 28.08%, down 1.37% compared to 2022.

- Sex ratio at birth: 116.33 boys/100 live births, down 0.32% over the same period in 2022.

- Population growth rate: 1.2%.

- Rate of contraceptive use: 65%