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Hanoi to intensify efforts to improve population quality
Hanoi to intensify efforts to improve population quality
10/7/19
Hanoi will increase activities to improve its population
quality in the time ahead, Deputy Director of the municipal Department of
Health Hoang Duc Hanh stated on July 9.
Hanh, who is also deputy head of the city’s steering board for population and family planning affairs, made the remark at a ceremony held in Thanh Tri district to mark the World Population Day (July 11).
He further stressed Hanoi will step up communications to boost public consensus on population issues and also take measures to gradually bring the sex ratio at birth to the natural level, capitalise on the “golden population structure”, adapt to population ageing, and ensure appropriate population distribution.
The official also reported the achievement of population and family planning targets for 2018, adding that the birth rate was reduced by 0.17 per mille from the previous year to 15.13 per mille, the number of third children born fell 0.1 percent, and the sex ratio at birth was 113 males per 100 females.
While the prenatal screening rate reached 76 percent of the pregnant women, the newborn screening rate rose to 84.1 percent. The city also carried out hearing screening for more than 193,390 cases, thalassemia screening for 7,500 cases and congenital heart defect screening for almost 35,360 cases.
In the first half of 2019, the local sex ratio at birth was brought down to 112.8 males per 100 females, the prenatal screening rate reached 78.08 percent, and the newborn screening increased to 85.12 percent.
Hanh said Hanoi has also expanded many population-related models like those caring for reproductive health of adolescents and youth, and those providing premarital advice and medical examination.
Relevant agencies and organisations have also worked to popularise knowledge about reproductive health, family planning and gender equality to workers in industrial parks and women of reproductive age, he added.
Hanh, who is also deputy head of the city’s steering board for population and family planning affairs, made the remark at a ceremony held in Thanh Tri district to mark the World Population Day (July 11).
He further stressed Hanoi will step up communications to boost public consensus on population issues and also take measures to gradually bring the sex ratio at birth to the natural level, capitalise on the “golden population structure”, adapt to population ageing, and ensure appropriate population distribution.
The official also reported the achievement of population and family planning targets for 2018, adding that the birth rate was reduced by 0.17 per mille from the previous year to 15.13 per mille, the number of third children born fell 0.1 percent, and the sex ratio at birth was 113 males per 100 females.
While the prenatal screening rate reached 76 percent of the pregnant women, the newborn screening rate rose to 84.1 percent. The city also carried out hearing screening for more than 193,390 cases, thalassemia screening for 7,500 cases and congenital heart defect screening for almost 35,360 cases.
In the first half of 2019, the local sex ratio at birth was brought down to 112.8 males per 100 females, the prenatal screening rate reached 78.08 percent, and the newborn screening increased to 85.12 percent.
Hanh said Hanoi has also expanded many population-related models like those caring for reproductive health of adolescents and youth, and those providing premarital advice and medical examination.
Relevant agencies and organisations have also worked to popularise knowledge about reproductive health, family planning and gender equality to workers in industrial parks and women of reproductive age, he added.
Meanwhile, authorities of Hanoi have decided to earmark more
124 billion VND (over 5.3 million USD) each year for promoting sustainable
poverty reduction in the locality, towards having no poor households by the end
of this year./.
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Free health insurance cards will be provided for poor and near-poor people in a maximum period of three years.
Supportless elderly people and orphaned children, and people with severe disabilities from poor and near poor households will be cared for at social sponsoring establishments under the municipal Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.
The city’s success in poverty reduction was largely attributed to its efforts to expand vocational education.
The unemployment rate in the city dropped to 1.91 percent and the number of trained workers accounted for 63.15 percent of the local workforce.
In 2019, the Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs aims to provide vocational training for 205,000 people and introduce jobs to 154,000 people in Hanoi.
In addition, the city need to continue to protect children, foster gender equality and prevent social evils.
People from Hanoi have Vietnam’s longest life expectancy, estimated at more than 75 years old, 1.6 years higher than the national average.
Hanoi reported declines in birth rate and the number of third children and an increase in the rate of babies and pregnant women getting prenatal and newborn screening.
The department must also improve the quality of vocational training courses and keep them relevant to the needs of businesses and the market.
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