General Department of Population and Family Planning works with the Provincial Population Steering Committee

(Baonghean.vn) - On the afternoon of April 25, the working delegation of the General Department of Population and Family Planning led by Mr. Duong Quoc Trong - Director General had a working session with the Provincial Steering Committee for Population and Family Planning on the results of population and family planning work in 2013 and the first quarter of 2014.

In 2013, although it was the first year of implementing new policy documents of the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, and Provincial People's Committee on population and family planning, thanks to the coordination between units in the steering committee and the participation of all levels and sectors, population work achieved many positive results, the number of children born as third children decreased compared to the previous year. In addition, propaganda and education work was focused on with many forms focusing on many subjects. The provision of family planning services was implemented in 468 communes, reaching 236% of the assigned plan. The work of improving population quality had many changes with many projects being implemented synchronously in many localities.

Overview of the working session

Comrade Duong Quoc Trong, General Director, spoke at the working session.

Speaking at the meeting, comrade Duong Quoc Trong highly appreciated Nghe An's efforts in recent times, especially in consolidating the organizational apparatus as well as in advising the province to promulgate policies and regimes related to population activities. However, given the current difficulties that the province's population sector is facing, especially the high rate of third-child births, he requested that in the coming time, Nghe An needs to step up propaganda and mobilization to change people's awareness and behavior. In addition, it is necessary to promote the provision of population and family planning services, clearly defining the responsibilities of population officers and population specialists when the number of people violating population policies in the locality increases. He also pledged to continue to support Nghe An with some free equipment and contraceptive devices.

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