Implementing "National Action Month on Population 2014"

(According to Official Dispatch No. 8726/UBND-VX dated November 19, 2014)

(Baonghean) - The People's Committee of Nghe An province directed and assigned tasks to deploy activities in response to the National Action Month on Population (December) and Vietnam Population Day December 26, 2014, specifically as follows:

1. Departments, branches, sectors, unions, and member agencies of the Steering Committee for population and family planning:

- Based on the implementation plan of the Provincial Population Steering Committee on the National Action Month on Population, develop a plan and implement activities in response to the National Action Month on Population and the Celebration of Vietnam Population Day on December 26 with specific, practical and effective contents.

- Continue to promote the dissemination and implementation of Resolution No. 20 - NQ/TU and Directive No. 09 - CT/TU dated September 19, 2012 of the Provincial Party Standing Committee on strengthening leadership and direction of population - family planning work in the new situation; Decision No. 76/2012/QD - UBND dated October 19, 2012 of the Provincial People's Committee on promulgating regulations on a number of population - family planning policies in Nghe An province.

- Proactively integrate population work into programs, plans, and targets of the sector and unit in evaluating the results of political task implementation, ranking the emulation of collectives and individuals; include it in the content of the 2015 action plan of the sector and unit.

- Continue to promote and mobilize people to sign and implement commitments not to violate population and family planning policies in agencies and units. Resolutely and promptly handle groups and individuals who violate population and family planning policies according to regulations.

- Organize the hanging of banners and slogans at agencies and units on the occasion of National Action Month on Population (December) 2014.

2. Department of Health:

- Advise the Provincial Steering Committee on Population and Family Planning to issue a Plan to guide the organization of activities in response to the National Action Month on Population and the Celebration of Vietnam Population Day on December 26 in the province.

- Strengthen propaganda and mobilization work with many forms and diverse methods, suitable to the goals, objects, and regions, to raise awareness, consciousness, and responsibility of people in implementing population and family planning policies.

- Advise the Provincial People's Committee to organize a conference to summarize 5 years of implementing Resolution No. 20 - NQ/TU, 2 years of implementing Directive No. 09 - CT/TU of the Provincial Party Standing Committee on strengthening leadership and direction of population work - family planning in the new situation and celebrating Vietnam Population Day December 26, 2014; Review the tasks and solutions on population work - family planning issued by the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, and Provincial People's Committee in Resolution No. 20 - NQ/TU dated June 26, 2009, Directive No. 09 - CT/TU dated September 19, 2012 of the Provincial Party Standing Committee; Decision No. 76/2012/QD - UBND dated October 19, 2012 of the Provincial People's Committee to focus on effective implementation.

- Strengthen inspection and supervision to promptly detect and overcome existing problems or new arising issues in population and family planning work.

- Expand and improve the quality of reproductive health care/family planning services, promptly and fully meet users' needs for contraceptive methods. Actively promote social marketing of contraceptives widely.

3. Media agencies:

- The Department of Information and Communications directs press agencies in the province to promote the propaganda of the Party, State and province's policies and guidelines on population and family planning work on mass media to raise people's awareness, consciousness and responsibility in implementing population and family planning policies.

- Nghe An Newspaper, Provincial Radio and Television Station: Increase the time for posting and broadcasting news, articles, and reports to fully and promptly propagate the Party and State's guidelines, policies, and laws on population and family planning work; messages of the "National Action Month on Population" in 2014; achievements and results of population work in 2014 and 5 years of implementing Resolution No. 20 - NQ/TU, 2 years of implementing Directive No. 09 - CT/TU of the Provincial Party Standing Committee; new issues, difficulties, and challenges of Nghe An's current population work; models and typical examples in population and family planning work, actively contributing to encouraging people to compete in implementing population and family planning policies well.

4. People's Committees of districts, towns and Vinh City:

- Develop plans and organize activities to respond to the National Action Month on Population and celebrate Vietnam Population Day on December 26th effectively in the locality.

- Continue to thoroughly grasp and implement the province's policy documents: Directive No. 09 - CT/TU dated September 19, 2012 of the Provincial Party Standing Committee; Decision No. 76/2012/QD - UBND dated October 19, 2012 of the Provincial People's Committee. Have synchronous and effective solutions to implement population and family planning work; Resolutely and promptly handle groups and individuals violating population and family planning policies. Synthesize and report the number of cadres, party members and groups with cadres and party members violating population and family planning policies to the Department of Health (through the Provincial Population and Family Planning Sub-Department) so that the Provincial Emulation Council has a basis for emulation classification.

- Review population targets according to the Resolution of the District Party Congress for the 2010-2015 term to focus all efforts on achieving results.

- Vinh City People's Committee: Directed the Vinh City Population and Family Planning Steering Committee to organize the launching ceremony and parade in response to the National Action Month on Population and celebrate Vietnam Population Day on December 26 with good results.

5. Propose the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee:

Direct the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committees of districts, cities, towns and member organizations to coordinate with the population and family planning agencies to propagate the response to the National Action Month on Population, celebrate Vietnam Population Day on December 26 and organize union members to sign a commitment to implement population and family planning policies according to regulations.

Requesting departments, branches, unions and People's Committees of districts, towns and Vinh City to seriously implement the direction of the Provincial People's Committee. Report the results of activities responding to the National Action Month on Population and the Anniversary of Vietnam Population Day on December 26 to the Department of Health (through the Provincial Department of Population - Family Planning) before December 26, 2014 for synthesis and reporting to the Provincial People's Committee and the Ministry of Health.

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