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Project enhances equality in reproductive health in Vietnam

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc recently approved a project on enhancing equality in sexual and reproductive health, family planning and medical response in Vietnam.
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Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc recentlyapproved a project on enhancing equality in sexual and reproductive health,family planning and medical response in Vietnam.

The project, sponsored by the United Nations Fund for PopulationActivities (UNFPA) with official development assistance worth over 5.5 millionUSD, will run from 2017 to 2021 in Hanoi.

It is designed to enhance access to and the quality of sexual andreproductive health care and family planning services, including contraceptivemethods for youngsters, particularly disadvantaged youth and single migrants.

It will also improve the accessibility and use of human papilliomavirus(HPV) vaccines as well as cervical cancer treatment.

In addition, the project will help the Ministry of Health build andmonitor policies and programmes tackling inequality in maternal healthcare inminority communities, gender violence and gender imbalance while strengtheningmedical response to emerging issues like climate change and naturaldisasters.-VNA

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