Illustrative image (Source: VNA)Thua Thien
– Hue (VNA) – A Japanese-funded project on building a health care
model for women has brought remarkable benefits for the beneficiary community after
two years of implementation in central Thua Thien-Hue province.
The assessment
was made by Mayumi Katsube, Executive Director of the Japanese Organization for
International Cooperation in Family Planning (), when reporting the
project’s outcomes at a conference in Thua Thien – Hue on February 23.
The project
built and put into operation a health consultation and service centre in Thuy Thanh
commune in Huong Thuy town in March last year.
The facility
has to date trained 100 midwives for rural medical stations in Thua Thien – Hue
and two neighbouring provinces of Quang Tri and Quang Binh.
The project
also provided for more than 3,000 women across 20
communes of the three provinces.
Speaking at
the conference, Nguyen Duc Vinh, head of the Ministry of Health’s Maternal and
Child Health Department, lauded the project’s outcomes, saying it has improved reproductive
health knowledge for in rural and mountainous areas, enabled women to
access comprehensive reproductive health services, and helped reduce mortality
rate among mothers and children.
Vinh requested
local authorities to facilitate the implementation of the project’s third phase,
which is set to run between March 15, 2017 and March 14, 2018.-VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
