Nghe An launches National Action Month on Population

Morning of November 25,Steering CommitteePopulationand Provincial Development, the Department of Health coordinated with the People's Committee of Hung Nguyen district to organize the launching ceremony in response to the National Action Month on Population and celebrate the 59th anniversary of Vietnam Population Day.

Attending the launching ceremony were members of the Provincial Party Executive Committee: Vo Van Dung - Deputy Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department; Duong Dinh Chinh - Director of the Department of Health; Nguyen Thi Thom - Secretary of the Hung Nguyen District Party Committee, along with representatives of relevant departments, branches and a large number of people in Hung Nguyen district. Photo: MH

Over the past 60 years, our Party and State have always affirmed: Population is the root of all problems, an important foundation for sustainable national and ethnic development. On that basis, the National Action Month on Population in 2020 was deployed with the theme "Improving population quality to contribute to rapid and sustainable national development" to once again affirm the role and importance of population work for each family and the whole society.

Speaking at the launching ceremony, comrade Duong Dinh Chinh - Director of the Department of Health, Deputy Head of the Standing Steering Committee for Population and Development of the province also mentioned the difficulties and challenges facing the province's population work.

Director of the Department of Health Duong Dinh Chinh speaks at the launching ceremony. Photo: MH.

Especially when nowadays, the birth rate and thegive birth to a third childand above is still very high and the province has the second highest birth rate in the country, just after Ha Tinh province. In addition, Nghe An is facing an imbalanced gender ratio at birth, aging population and although population quality has been improved, it is still low, especially in remote, rural and coastal areas.

To effectively address the above challenges, in the coming time, Nghe An needs to continue to strengthen the Party's leadership and invest government resources in population work.

The Provincial Steering Committee for Population and Development presented gifts to households that implemented population policies well. Photo: MH

In addition, it is necessary to innovate and improve the effectiveness of propaganda and education work to implement the campaign "Each couple should have 2 children". Promote the self-awareness, voluntariness and mutual supervision of the community; promote the exemplary role of each cadre and party member in association with building cultural families, villages, hamlets and units.

At the same time, effectively implement intervention solutions to improve population quality; proactively adjust population growth rate, restrain the increase in sex ratio at birth; propose solutions to promote the advantages of the "golden population" structure and respond to "population aging"; ensure logistics for family planning services.

People of Hung Nguyen district learn about the implementation of population policy in the area. Photo: MH

The National Action Month on Population will be implemented from December 1 to December 31, 2020. During this time, we will promote activities to mobilize, communicate and educate on changing population behavior, contributing to the completion of the 2020 plan targets.

The focus is on improving population quality through reproductive health care activities for adolescents and young people; pre-marital health consultation and examination; screening, diagnosis and early treatment of prenatal and neonatal diseases; and reducing gender imbalance at birth.

Forces march in response to National Action Month on Population. Photo: MH.

At the launching ceremony, the Steering Committee for Population and Development presented gifts to 18 families that have well implemented population policies in Hung Nguyen district.