Public-private cooperation for better reproductive healthcare for the poor
VGP – The European Commission (EC) just approved a non-refundable aid of €1.83 million under a €2.45-million project to improve reproductive healthcare for poor people in Việt Nam and Cambodia.
The EC mission and organization Marie Stopes International in Việt
The signing ceremony of the project on building
capacity of local authority and non-State actor sexual and reproductive
healthcare providers in Việt Nam and Cambodia, Hà Nội, October 28, 2009 - Photo:
VGP
This is the first project under which a new model of public-private
cooperation will be piloted in the field of reproductive healthcare.
The project aims at increasing the availability of family planning and reproductive services, bettering their quality and encouraging the community access to health services of private providers.
The project will be implemented in Thừa Thiên-Huế and Vĩnh Long of Việt