Nghe An rewards 5 localities for doing a good job in reducing third child births

On the morning of July 8, in Cua Lo town, the Department of Population and Family Planning organized a communication program to celebrate World Population Day (July 11) and deploy population work in the coming time.

Also attending were comrade Duong Dinh Chinh - Member of the Party Executive Committee, Director of the Department of Health, representatives of the General Department of Population and Family Planning and a number of related departments, agencies and branches. Photo: My Ha

In 2020, the United Nations Population Fund chose the theme of World Population Day as “Pushing Back Covid-19 - How to Protect the Rights and Health of Women and Girls in the Current Context”. This is a message calling for global efforts to help “leave no one behind”.

Countries play an important and decisive role in the world's recovery speed. Implementing reproductive health care/family planning solutions for people, bringing long-term benefits to the community, creating a better future for humanity.

At the ceremony, Mr. Duong Dinh Chinh - Director of the Department of Health also said: The Covid-19 pandemic has had a great impact on all areas of social life in the world. In the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, Vietnam in general and Nghe An province in particular have had many policies of care and support, especially for vulnerable groups, ethnic minorities, and remote areas.

Regarding the Population sector, the leaders of the Department of Health also highly appreciated the implementation of many activities such as implementing reproductive health care/family planning services, taking care of girls, organizing communication and consulting activities associated with providing services in the direction of "Close to the people - Safe - Convenient"... to contribute to stabilizing the scale and improving the quality of the population.

Director of the Department of Health Duong Dinh Chinh speaks at the conference. Photo: My Ha

To successfully implement the theme of World Population Day this year as well as quickly and sustainably resolve issues arising from population work, the Director of the Department of Health suggested that the entire sector needs to improve the quality and effectiveness of advisory work for Party committees and authorities at all levels in leading, directing, operating, and investing resources in health and population work.

Besides, it is necessary to strengthen communication and mobilization work, diversify forms, innovate content to suit the needs of the audience; build many effective communication models and activities.

Comrade Nguyen Thanh Nhan - Deputy Director of the Department of Home Affairs, Head of the Provincial Emulation and Reward Board awarded Certificates of Merit from the Provincial People's Committee to localities that have well implemented population policies. Photo: My Ha

In particular, it is necessary to focus all efforts and positive solutions to effectively achieve the goal of reducing the birth rate, reducing the rate of third and higher births; controlling the rate of increase in gender imbalance at birth, adapting to population aging and improving population quality.

In particular, when the Population sector reorganizes its apparatus, units need to clearly define the role, position, and importance of population work in the new context. On that basis, build practical and effective activities that closely follow the set targets and objectives.

Deploying a population campaign in Hung Tay commune (Hung Nguyen). Photo: My Ha

At the ceremony, the Provincial People's Committee awarded 5 collectives with outstanding achievements that met the standards of communes that reduced the rate of third births by 50% or more, including the communes of Keng Du, Tay Son (Ky Son), Tam Thai, Mai Son (Tuong Duong) and Hung Nghia (Hung Nguyen).