Provincial People's Committee has just issued a decision approving the local plan on further implementing a project to control the sex imbalance at birth for the period of 2022-2025.
The project to control the sex imbalance at birth in the period of 2022-2025 continues being implemented to maintain the sex ratio at birth at a natural equilibrium, well implement policies on population - family planning and contribute to improving the quality of the population for the local socio-economic development in a sustainable way. The specific goal of the plan is to maintain the sex ratio at birth, with 103 - 107 boys per 100 girls.
The solutions and activities of the project include: organizing communication activities to raise awareness and change behavior for the control of the sex imbalance at birth; providing information and documents about the sex imbalance at birth; bringing the content about the sex imbalance at birth to political schools, high schools; organizing conferences and seminars on the sex imbalance at birth; improving the enforcement of laws on banning the forms of fetal sex selection; inspecting, supervising and handling violations on prohibition of fetal sex selection, strictly handling violations in accordance with law; training on control of the sex imbalance at birth…
Provincial Department of Health is responsible for presiding over and coordinating with relevant departments, agencies, People's Committees of districts, towns, cities, Fatherland Front and mass organizations to implement this plan. Provincial Sub-Department of Population and Family Planning is the focal point in organizing the implementation of the plan and closely coordinating with relevant units to realize the contents of the plan.
Reported by Hong Thuan-Translated by Kim Tin
