Nghe An: The rate of third child birth is still high

(Baonghean.vn) - The third child birth rate is still high, the sex ratio at birth is increasing, and many problems in personnel work are the current realities of Nghe An's population work.

The above situation was presented at the first quarter meeting, deploying tasks for the last 9 months of 2017, organized by the Nghe An Department of Population and Family Planning on the afternoon of April 10.

In the first months of 2017, although the total number of births decreased by 325 compared to the same period, the number of third and subsequent births remained high, at 2,300/11,580. In addition, the sex ratio at birth increased to 117 boys/100 girls – 7 more than in 2016.

Golden bell contest to learn about reproductive health in Hung Nguyen district. Photo: My Ha

In 2017, population work still faced many difficulties due to the lack of funding from the national target program, which greatly affected the implementation of the province's policies on population work and the implementation of campaigns, communication and advocacy work, and consultation at the grassroots level. Regarding personnel work, there were still problems in transferring communal officials, leading to a "vacancy" of officials in many localities.

In the coming time, in addition to continuing to promote propaganda, mobilization, and coordination work; enhancing the effectiveness of implementing projects and models to improve the quality and structure of population, improve the quality of family planning services, and care for reproductive health. At the same time, continue to consolidate and stabilize the organization and staff working on population and family planning from the provincial to grassroots levels to ensure they are strong enough to carry out the tasks of population and family planning and the set goals.

My Ha