Since 2002, JOICFP has been supporting the Vietnam Family Planning Association (VINAFPA) in a reproductive health/family planning (RH/FP) and parasite prevention project in Gia Binh district, Bac Ninh province.
Background & Issues
Despite progress in medicine and technology, many women
around the world continue to face dangers associated with
pregnancy and delivery. Every minute a woman dies somewhere
on this earth as a result of childbearing. An additional
20 women for each woman who dies, suffer from disablement
or diseases. Without hygienic environments for safe delivery,
nor measures for emergency obstetric care, women face
dangers of losing their lives in the act of something
very basic for human life. Moreover, women still do not
have control over their fertility. This is largely due
to the fact that acceptable and affordable family planning
services are not yet universally available. A need persists
for contraceptive services, along with appropriate knowledge
and information. Unwanted or unplanned pregnancies that
result from this unmet need can end in unsafe abortion,
an option that can seriously damage a woman’s emotional
well-being and body and may even lead to her death.
JOICFP Strategy & Goal
JOICFP works to safeguard women’s health by ensuring
access to quality reproductive health services, starting
from family planning to securing safe and hygienic delivery,
emergency referral, and providing care for mothers before,
during and after pregnancy. JOICFP believes that this
cannot be achieved merely by ensuring that appropriate
health services are available at health service delivery
points. Although this is the most fundamental and essential
matter for improving health status, health services alone
will not succeed in ensuring the health of women, especially
mothers. There must be community involvement and participation
in support, as well as motivational movements created
by health volunteers that reach individuals at the grassroots
level. Involvement of men is also crucial, as they hold
key roles that have great influence on how decisions are
made with regards to women’s health.
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Background & Issues