Muong La Regional Health Center staff promote population and development.

The Provincial Population Department has guided localities to organize activities in response to World Population Day in accordance with actual conditions. Many practical messages have been disseminated such as: "Having children is a right - Raising good children is a responsibility", "Do not get pregnant at a young age for your own future and happiness"... The messages have been widely transmitted on social networking platforms such as: Facebook, Zalo, TikTok, YouTube... helping people to effectively approach, especially the young population, the key target in changing behavior.

Mr. Dinh Anh Tuan, Head of the Provincial Population Department, said: By June 30, the province's population reached over 1.2 million people, the need to access reproductive health care services and the right to self-determination in reproduction is increasingly concerned. The Department has coordinated with regional health centers, commune and ward health stations to promote population communication through medical staff and propagandists, thereby spreading knowledge and raising community awareness.

In localities and facilities, various forms of communication are organized, such as: seminars, leaflet distribution, banner hanging, mobile film screenings in remote areas. Regional health centers organize hundreds of live communication sessions, attracting thousands of participants. In difficult areas, border areas, and ethnic minority areas, health stations have brought family planning and reproductive health care services to the place, creating conditions for people to easily access.

Doctors at the City Regional Medical Center examine women's health.

Dr. Nguyen Van Chuc, Deputy Director of Muong La Regional Medical Center, said: Since the beginning of the year, the unit has organized 148 direct communication sessions, with more than 5,500 participants and nearly 450 indirect communication sessions. The content focuses on the harmful effects of early marriage, incestuous marriage, the consequences of gender imbalance at birth; the benefits of premarital health check-ups, prenatal and newborn screening.

Ms. Lo Thi Mai, Muong La commune, shared: Being a mother for the first time, I was consulted by the staff of the commune health station, periodically visited and checked my health; supplemented with necessary nutrients to ensure the health of both mother and child. In addition, I was also consulted and guided on newborn care skills, ready to be a mother and raise my child better.

Staff of Pung Panh Commune Health Station distribute leaflets with instructions on how to take care of the elderly's health.

In response to World Population Day, the City Regional Health Station has coordinated with mass organizations to promote communication activities. Ms. Lu Thi Thu, Head of the Department of Population - Communication - Reproductive Health Care, informed: The unit has developed a plan to organize communication activities to ensure that they are suitable for local conditions, such as: Organizing conferences to propagate and mobilize people in groups, villages, sub-areas, and residential clusters on implementing population policies, health education, gender equality, and reducing gender imbalance at birth.

With the synchronous participation of the entire political system and community, Son La province is gradually realizing the goal of sustainable population development for public health, for the future of each person and the whole society.