'Successful family planning is a prerequisite for sustainable development'

31 years ago, on July 11, the world welcomed its 5 billionth citizen. To mark this event, the United Nations designated July 11 as World Population Day.

In Nghe An, this year, World Population Day was held simultaneously in 21 urban districts, with the theme "Success of family planning is a premise for sustainable development". Thereby, it aims to raise awareness and promote the responsibility of authorities at all levels, unions, social organizations, and each family about the meaning and importance of family planning for the health, happiness of each person and the sustainable development of the country.

Bringing reproductive health care services to the people. Photo taken in Quynh Thien ward - Hoang Mai town. Photo: My Ha

With this important meaning, the exchange night in response to World Population Day held in Hung Nguyen district is an opportunity to raise people's awareness of the contents of the population field.

Performance by Hung Nguyen district population communication teams at the exchange night. Photo: My Ha

At the same time, this is an opportunity for collaborators, officials and staff working on population in Hung Nguyen district to exchange and share about population mobilization and propaganda work - family planning.

Currently, there are about 214 million women who need contraception but do not have access to modern contraceptive services and methods.

In 2017, contraceptives provided by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) reached 27 million people. These contraceptives can help us prevent:

+13.5 million unintended pregnancies

+ 32,000 maternal deaths

+ 207,000 child deaths

+ 4.1 million unsafe abortions

In addition, contraceptives provided by UNFPA in 2017 could have saved families and health systems the equivalent of $819 million – mostly in direct health-related costs (health care costs during pregnancy and childbirth).

(Message of World Population Day 2018)