Quang Ninh hosts regional reproductive, sexual health conference

Quang Ninh hosts regional reproductive, sexual health conference hinh anh 1Participants at the  (Photo: apcrshr9vn.org)


Quang Ninh (VNA)
– The 9th Asia-Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual
Health and Rights (APCRSHR) kicked off in the northern province of
on November 28.

With the theme
of “Leave No One Behind! Justice in Sexual and ”, the
function attracted nearly 1,000 delegates, including scientists, researchers, educators,
youths and representatives of organisations and community groups from 40
countries in the region.

At the
conference, Dr Rosalia Sciortino from the Institute for Population and Social
Research at Mahidol University, stressed development gaps amid rapid growth
across the Asia-Pacific have minimised poor and disadvantaged people’s chances
to access high-quality healthcare services, particularly sexual and
reproductive health.

She expected
that the event will help speed up the review of policies and practices to bring
justice to sexual and reproductive health, ensuring that no one was left
behind.

Vietnamese Deputy
Minister of Health Nguyen Viet Tien said with the progress achieved in the past
two decades, Vietnam is working to reduce and eventually remove uneven access
to good health services, with particular attention paid to ethnic and remote
areas.

The conference
consists of five plenary sessions under five sub-themes, which spotlight
social, cultural and religious barriers, sexual and reproductive health
education, as well as justice and equity concerning the matter.

A total of 166 reports
will be delivered at 35 parallel sessions, while more than 147 abstracts will
be presented as posters. Delegates are scheduled to undertake field visits to reproductive
and sexual health and rights projects in Quang Ninh. 

The 9th , the first of its kind hosted by Vietnam, will last until November
30.-VNA

VNA

Source: VietnamPlus

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