Every couple should have 2 children.

(HGO) – On June 13, Ms. Ho Thu Anh, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Head of the Provincial Steering Committee for Population and Development , chaired the Conference to deploy the Communication Campaign to promote having 2 children combined with providing Reproductive Health Care - Family Planning services and Improving the quality of population in Hau Giang province in 2023.

Ms. Ho Thu Anh, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Head of the Provincial Steering Committee for Population and Development, spoke at the conference.

According to the plan, during the 3 months of the campaign (from July 1 to September 30), the whole province will focus on effectively implementing propaganda activities, encouraging each couple to have 2 children, continuing to promote the movement to build a model of having 2 children in communes, wards and towns. Providing quality services to improve population quality, reproductive health care, family planning, health care for the elderly, pre-marital health check-ups, prenatal and newborn screening.

To achieve the goal of increasing fertility, the campaign sets a number of new targets such as : 100% of communes, wards and towns carry out propaganda and mobilize young people to get married before the age of 30 and couples who have not had children or have 1 child should have 2 children before the age of 35; 100% of young men and women in need of infertility prevention counseling; 50% of infertile couples of childbearing age receive infertility prevention counseling . Regarding the model of communes, wards and towns having 2 children, the campaign sets a target of 40% of couples who have given birth or are pregnant out of the total number of registered couples.

In the population quality improvement package, the campaign has the following targets: 100% of couples receive pre-marital health consultation and examination; 93% of the elderly receive health examination and 90% of the elderly receive health examination and are screened for diseases; 100% of pregnant women receive prenatal screening and 100% of newborns receive newborn screening; 100% of children at risk of disease are managed and screened for the second time at birth. In the reproductive health care package: 75% of women aged 15 to 49 with husbands receive gynecological examination; 95% of women with gynecological diseases are screened for cervical cancer. In addition, 93% of the elderly participate in family health insurance and 44,782 people have recently used modern contraceptive methods in the province.

The conference was attended by of the Provincial Population and Development Steering Committee and leaders of departments, branches, sectors and localities across the province.

The conference approved the campaign implementation plan . Discussed the implementation of targets and discussed and resolved difficulties regarding human resources and funding for the campaign.

Speaking at the conference, Ms. Ho Thu Anh, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Head of the Provincial Steering Committee for Population and Development , expressed her agreement with the campaign implementation plan. The Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee proposed : "During the campaign, the Department of Population - Family Planning, the Provincial Department of Health should organize large-scale seminars and discussions to invite experts to advise and share solutions for the subjects that the campaign is targeting. Pay attention to changing the form of propaganda, in addition to direct meetings and exchanges, it is necessary to propagate through video clips, spread on social networks. In addition to ultrasound, disease screening for people registering to participate in the model of having enough 2 children, it is necessary to pay attention to other subjects that the model is targeting. Update and closely review the elderly subjects participating in household health insurance".

Ms. Ho Thu Anh directed: “In mobilizing workers and laborers to participate in reproductive health care and receive services during the campaign, localities need to pay attention and choose the appropriate time to approach more effectively. Regarding the implementation of Resolution No. 07 of the Provincial People's Council, it is necessary to review the subjects and periodically report the results, ensuring effective policy issuance. Access and supplement information on population movements to the electronic data warehouse to serve the digital transformation of the population sector in the coming time. For units that encountered difficulties in drugs, chemicals, and medical supplies last year, they need to proactively overcome them this year. It is recommended that the Department of Population - Family Planning, the Department of Health and units support each other to ensure human resources, drugs, chemicals, and medical supplies for the upcoming campaign".