With most of its population of more than 75 million people under 30 years old, Vietnam needs to give top national priority to family planning and reproductive health services. Since 1991, AVSC has been helping Vietnam's national family planning program improve its reproductive health services. AVSC is one of the first US-based reproductive health organizations to be invited to work with the Vietnamese Ministry of Health (MOH) on the delivery of clinic services. AVSC's new office in Hanoi was opened in spring 1997. Improving service quality is at the heart of AVSC's current program. AVSC staff provide technical assistance to their Vietnamese counterparts in counseling, supervising, preventing infections, family planning technology, diagnosing and treating STDs, and establishing linkages between family planning services and postabortion care. AVSC and the MOH are working together to broaden the range of contraceptive methods available to women in the country. Technical training, local changes, and overcoming obstacles are discussed.

作者：P B, Harper

来源：AVSC news (Association for Voluntary Surgical Contraception (U.S.)) 1997 年 35卷 4期