Director General of the General Department of Population: Resolutely control gender imbalance at birth

My Ha• August 5, 2019 11:54

(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.

Hội thảo có sự tham gia của 31 tỉnh, thành thuộc khu vực phía Bắc. Ảnh: Mỹ Hà

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 branches. On the side of Nghe An province, there was Mr. Le Ngoc Hoa - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee. Photo: My Ha

Speaking at the workshop, comrade Le Ngoc Hoa - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee said: In recent years, Nghe An province has always paid attention to population work, in which priority is given to training and fostering a team of population cadres at the grassroots level to meet the standards of population officials.

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 results.

Tổng cục trưởng Tổng cục Dân số - KHHGĐ phát biểu đề ra những nhiệm vụ trong giai đoạn tới. Ảnh: Mỹ Hà.

Director General of the General Department of Population and Family Planning gave a speech outlining tasks for the coming period. Photo: My Ha

Currently, Nghe An's population ranks 4th in the country, not reaching the replacement fertility rate. The gender imbalance rate at birth is higher than the national average. The gender imbalance rate is still high with 114 boys/100 girls. Nghe An's population is facing many difficulties and challenges. For that reason, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee hopes that the Workshop with the presence of experts, managers, especially the guidance of leaders of central ministries and branches will propose many important solutions to remove difficulties and obstacles, and do a good job of population work in the new situation.

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...

Comrade Le Ngoc Hoa delivered a welcome speech at the conference. Photo: My Ha

In addition, representatives of Departments, Information and Data Research Centers and experts from Korea also reported on the organization of the local population work apparatus, shared experiences on population and development in Korea, reported on maintaining electronic data warehouses at all levels and future orientations. Some localities also gave presentations to share about Population and Family Planning Work.

Speaking at the workshop, Mr. Nguyen Doan Tu - General Director of the General Department of Population and Family Planning also affirmed: The 2019 Population Work 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.

Lãnh đạo Tổng cục Dân số - KHHGĐ tham quan mô hình truyền thông về SKSS tại huyện Yên Thành. Ảnh: Mỹ Hà

Leaders of the General Department of Population and Family Planning visited the reproductive health communication model in Yen Thanh district. Photo: My Ha

In the immediate future, in the last 6 months of the year, the sector will focus on solutions to improve operational efficiency, which are strengthening the implementation of the Family Planning Program, vigorously implementing the Program to Control Gender Imbalance at Birth, expanding the program to screen for birth defects, diseases, and congenital disabilities and improve population quality, implementing projects on coastal population control, elderly health care, population communication, etc.

Director General of the General Department of Population: Resolutely control gender imbalance at birth

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