The Ministry of Health (MoH) will provide for the northern provinces of Lao Cai, Lai Chau, Yen Bai, Son La, Ha Giang and Dien Bien. (Photo: dantri.com.vn)Lao Cai (VNA) – The (MoH) will provide maternal
and child health handbooks for the northern provinces of Lao Cai, Lai Chau, Yen
Bai, Son La, Ha Giang and Dien Bien under a project backed by the Japan
International Cooperation Agency ().
Deputy Director of the Maternal and Child Health Department under the MoH Tran
Dang Khoa made the announcement at a seminar held in Lao Cai city, in the
northern bordering province of Lao Cai, on November 30 to improve maternal and
child healthcare for ethnic minorities in those localities.
The
handbook is a health record that enables both mothers and their children to
receive care from early pregnancy to infancy, Khoa stressed, adding that it includes
information and data concerning mother’s progress during pregnancy, state of
delivery and post-delivery, and for her child until he/she
is six years old.
Using the handbook, medical staff can provide effective treatments which reduce
mortality and morbidity for mothers and children, he noted.
At the event, along with underlining the necessity of the handbook,
representatives from six provinces mentioned difficulties in maintaining health
records, including when citizens forget to bring their handbooks to clinics.
Khoa said medical staff should raise public awareness of how to use the
handbook.
The maternal and child handbooks have been used in the localities since 2016 as
part of the rural development in response to natural disaster project supported
by JICA.
The
project has total investment of 129.4 million USD, including 106.3 million USD
from JICA’s official development assistance, with the remainder from local
corresponding funds.-VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
