Family planning services help improve population quality
The family planning work has contributed to stabilising the scale, structure and quality of the population, according to Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Viet Tien.
Delivering family planning consultations in Bong Khe commune, Con Cuong district of Nghe An province (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The family planning work has contributed to stabilisingthe scale, structure and quality of the population, according to Deputy HealthMinister Nguyen Viet Tien.
Tien made the statement at a workshop to announce outcomes of a survey on thequality of family planning services in Vietnam jointly held by the HeathMinistry and the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) in Hanoi on May 8.
The survey gathered responses from households and 6,000 women aged from 15-49from Hanoi, the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai, the central provinceof Phu Yen, Dak Lak province in the Central Highlands, and the southernprovinces of Dong Nai and An Giang in 2015-2016.
It reveals that up to 80.5 percent of married women aged from 15-49 are using acontraceptive method.
Although 64 percent of them are using modern methods of contraception, 37.8percent did not consult medical workers before their use.
The number of women using contraceptive methods in urban areas is higher thanthat in rural areas, with the highest rate recorded in the southeastern region (83.4percent) and the lowest rate seen in the Red River Delta (75.1 percent).
About 17.4 percent of the correspondents said that they had abortions, with19.6 percent reported in urban areas and 16.5 percent in rural areas.
The report said the surveyed communal medical centres have adequateinfrastructure, equipment and human resources necessary to ensure the provisionof family planning services.
However, only 9.7 percent of them fulfilled all the 25 indexes set. Of note, noneof them in the north central, south central coastal and Central Highlandsregions meet the index of readiness.
A number of the medical centres failed to satisfy the index regarding thesupply of contraceptive methods such as tablets, condoms and intrauterinecontraceptive device (IUD).
Up to 93 percent of the interviewees said they are satisfied with familyplanning services. However, only 40 percent of them said they will introducethe services to others.
The report on the survey’s results will be used as a reference for policymakers, programme managers, health experts and researcher to implement relevantprogrammes, helping Vietnam completing sustainable development goals (SDGs),said Deputy Minister Tien.-VNA
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Delivering family planning consultations in Bong Khe commune, Con Cuong district of Nghe An province (Photo: VNA) 
