(HBO) – Authorities of Mai Ha commune in Mai Chau district consider improving population quality as a prerequisite for the locality’s socio-economic development. Therefore, thanks to an array of solutions, local population quality has gradually been improved.


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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