Director General of the General Department of Population: Resolutely control gender imbalance at birth
(Baonghean.vn) - This is one of the solutions that the Director General of the General Department of Population emphasized at the 2019 Population Work Seminar to improve the effectiveness of population work - family planning.
On the morning of August 5, in Nghe An, the General Department of Population and Family Planning held a workshop on Population Work in 2019.
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Attending the event were Mr. Nguyen Doan Tu - General Director of the General Department of Population and Family Planning, representatives of the Department of Population and Family Planning of 31 provinces and cities in the Northern region, representatives of relevant ministries and departments. On the side of Nghe An province, there was Mr. Le Ngoc Hoa - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee. Photo: My Ha |
At the same time, every year the province focuses on allocating local budgets to ensure the implementation of assigned tasks and deploy many projects, suitable to the characteristics of each subject and region, and bringing about many practical effects.
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Director General of the General Department of Population and Family Planning speaks outlining tasks for the coming period. Photo: My Ha |
At the workshop, delegates also heard about the implementation of Population - Family Planning work in the first 6 months of the year, and a preliminary report on the results of the Population and Housing Census on April 1, 2019. Currently, the country's population is 96.2 million people, an increase of 10.4 million people compared to 2009, ranking 3rd in Southeast Asia and 15th in the world. The infant mortality rate and maternal mortality rate have both decreased and the average life expectancy of the people has increased...
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Comrade Le Ngoc Hoa delivered a welcome speech at the conference. Photo: My Ha |
Speaking at the workshop, Mr. Nguyen Doan Tu - General Director of the General Department of Population and Family Planning also affirmed: The 2019 Population Workshop is a very meaningful activity. Through it, solutions will be proposed for localities to find specific directions to synchronously and effectively solve issues on population size, structure, distribution and quality improvement according to the policies, orientations and tasks assigned in Resolution No. 21 NQ/TW and Resolution 137/NQ - CP on population work in the new situation.
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Leaders of the General Department of Population and Family Planning visit the reproductive health communication model in Yen Thanh district. Photo: My Ha |