Decision No. 52/2009/QD-TTg of April 9, 2009, approving the scheme on population control in sea, island and coastal regions in the 2009-2020 period

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Official number:	52/2009/QD-TTg	Signer:	Nguyen Thien Nhan
Type:	Decision	Expiry date:	Updating
Issuing date:	09/04/2009	Effect status:	Known Please log in to a subscriber account to use this function. Don’t have an account? Register here
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THE PRIME MINISTER ---------	SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM Independence - Freedom - Happiness ----------
No. 52/2009/QD-TTg	Hanoi, April 9, 2009

DECISION

APPROVING THE SCHEME ON POPULATION CONTROL IN SEA, ISLAND AND COASTAL REGIONS IN THE 2009-2020 PERIOD

THE PRIME MINISTER

Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;
Pursuant to the Government's Resolution No. 27/2007/NQ-CPof May 30, 2007, promulgating the Government's action program for realization of Resolution of the fourth plenum of the X'1' Party Central Committee on Vietnam's Sea Strategy till 2020;
At the proposal of the Minister of Health,

DECIDES:

Article 1. To approve the Scheme on population control in sea, island and coastal regions in the 2009-2020 period, with the following principal contents:

1. The Scheme's objectives:

a/ General objectives:

To control the population size and quality in sea, island and coastal regions, contributing to the successful implementation of the population and family planning policy and the objectives of Vietnam's sea strategy till 2020.

b/ Specific objectives:

- The population of sea, island and coastal regions will not exceed 32 million by 2010, 34 million by 2015 and 37 million by 2020.

- The rate of married couples in fertility age group in sea, island and coastal regions taking modern contraceptive measures will reach 70% by 2010 and 72% from 2015 to 2020.

- The rate of people working and living in islands or coastal areas, industrial parks, export processing zones, tourist resorts and economic zones in sea, island and coastal regions, who have access to mother and child care services, reproductive healthcare and family planning services, will reach 60% by 2010. 80% by 2015 and 95% by 2020.

- The rate of children in sea. island and coastal regions who are deformed or defected due to metabolic disorder or heredity, will annually drop about 5% on average in the 2011-2020 period.

- To promptly supply sufficient and accurate information and data on population and family planning in sea. island and coastal regions, meeting the requirements of management and administration of the population and family planning program and the formulation of national and local socio-economic development planning and plans till 2020.

2. Time, scope and subjects of implementation of the Scheme:

a/ Implementation time:

- Stage I (from 2009 to 2015): To strive for a replacement birth rate in the whole region; to raise population quality; to raise the quality of mother and child care, reproductive health and family planning services; to experiment then widely develop a number of models: to organize activities to support the provision of mother and child care, reproductive health and family planning services.

- Stage II (from 2016 to 2020): To further raise population quality; to operate the population and family planning management information system; to expand and carry out activities in all areas covered by the Scheme.

b/ Implementation scope: In 148 districts, towns and provincial cities (102 rural districts. 8 urban districts. 9 towns. 17 coastal provincial cities and 12 island districts) of 28 coastal provinces and centrally run cities (defined in the enclosed appendix, not printed herein).

c/ Subjects:

Persons working and living on islands, in coastal areas, industrial parks, export processing zones, tourist resorts or economic zones of the island, coastal and sea regions; giving priority to married couples in fertility age group, youths and people living and working in river mouth or coastal areas.

3. Major tasks and activities of the Scheme:

a/ To meet the mother and child care and family planning demands in the sea, island and coastal regions:

- To organize district-level mobile healthcare-family planning teams to conduct communication and provide advice and services on mother and child care and family planning as well as reproductive healthcare in island and coastal communes, and communes with over 5,000 immigrating workers in industrial parks, export processing zones, tourist resorts, economic zones, sea ports, dry docks or fish ports who which do not fully have conditions to provide regular and quality services on mother and child care, reproductive healthcare and family planning.

- To raise the capabilities of health workers and provide vehicles and additional medical equipment for district-level mobile healthcare-family planning teams within the scheme implementation scope.

- To build up various forms of providing information and advice on reproductive healthcare and family planning and supplying condoms and contraceptive drugs for persons working on sea before their long sea voyages, upon their landing and arrival in dry docks in coastal communes where have many people working on sea. Major activities cover building and development of pilot models; supply of equipment for counseling points; face-to-face counseling; and supply of communication materials, condoms and contraceptive drugs.

- To build up various forms of mother and child care, reproductive healthcare and family planning services for inhabitants on islands relying on civil and military medical establishments on islands without mother and child healthcare, reproductive health and family planning establishments. Major activities cover building and development of pilot models; training and technical transfer; provision of services; support of funds for counseling, provision of services and referral of sick people to higher-level hospitals; and additional supply of medical equipment for service points.

- To build up various forms of mother and child care, reproductive healthcare and family planning services for workers in industrial parks, export processing zones, tourist resorts or economic zones, relying on medical establishments of agencies, factories and construction sites in communes within industrial parks, export processing zones, tourist resorts or economic zones with over 5,000 immigrating laborers. Major activities cover building and developing pilot models: provision of counseling and services; technical transfer, and additional supply of medical equipment to service points.

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