A population-family planning worker gives information to
local residents.
Firstly, Mai Ha commune has stepped up the dissemination
of information to each family and resident. The board for population and family
planning has coordinated with associations to raise public awareness of each
collective and individual’s role in implementing population policies, the
importance of prenatal and newborn screening, adolescent reproductive health,
and the care for the elderly. Locals have also accessed information about
solutions to reduce the thalassemia incidence, the impact of gender selection,
and consequences of child marriages.
Ngan Thu Thuy, a population-family planning
worker, said in Mai Ha commune, the pre-marriage and thalassemia clubs have
proved effective. The three pre-marriage clubs, chaired by the Secretary of the
commune’s Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, have updated youngsters and
students about the Law on Marriage and Family and knowledge about adolescent
reproductive health.
Meanwhile, the thalassemia club has called for
public support for the six-year-old Vi Bao Tran in Lau hamlet – the only
thalassemia case in Mai Ha commune. Tran has to receive blood transfusion once
a month amid difficulties facing her family. Thanks to the assistance from the
club and neighbours, her health has become stable.
The commune has also effectively carried out
plans on prenatal and newborn screening, minimising gender imbalance at birth,
and mobilising the public’s participation in contraceptive method provision.
As a result, 90 percent of local pregnant women
have received check-ups and tetanus vaccines, while all of them have received
HIV-related advices and tests. People have become more active in buying birth
control methods, instead of only receiving free support./.
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