This was the first time in the Vietnam population strategy during 2001-2010; the adolescent and youth were subjects of the information and communication activity and reproductive health services. The 'advice, information exchange and communication for couples in the reproductive ages, men, youth and adolescent' and 'improvement of the adolescent reproductive health' was an objective of the reproductive health strategy. Up to 2010, 70% of adolescent received the advice on the reproductive health.
Reproductive Medicine ; Adolescent

A study on 332,966 couples in the reproductive age showed that women were taking heavier responsibility for applying contraceptive methods than their men. The abortion rate in the communities of Thai Binh was quite high (0.85 case of abortion per one case of delivery). The unbalance in gender of newborns is becoming a serious and urgent social issue (boy to girl ratio is 121/100 in newborns).
Reproductive Medicine ; Women

After one year of the intervention, the results showed that: The model “Teacher participates in Reproductive health Education” at disadvantageous areas was built up in which integration Primary health care activities into Reproductive health education under the management of commune health worker. After 1 year of conducting the program, knowledge and attitude on prenatal care, postnatal care, natal care and family planning on women lived at Van Lang have been improved and reached at good level, however mother’s practice was increased un-noticeably. The recommendation; the model:” Teacher participates in Reproductive Health Education” in disadvantage our areas is good model and easy to apply. the model should be developed at mountainous area to implement reproductive health care. the pattern should be conducted in a large population and longer time to assess effectiveness of the pattern on behaviors, health, management and effective cost.
Reproductive Medicine ; Women

Subjects: 295 adolescents, youths, women at reproductive age who were study subject 1, and 104 health care staffs, specialists and population collaborators of the commune called as study subject 2. Results: for the topics of reproductive health/family planning (RH/FP): the knowledge of RH/FP was at 76.7% to 87.8%. However, there was still considerable number of women infected with RTIs (23.7%). The rate of women having more than three children was 21%. Drug addiction (13.2%) and other social evils (12.2%) among study participant 1 was rather high. The need of information, education on population/RH/FP defined by study participants 1 and 2 was high (84.4% and 87.5%, respectively). There was a great attention to antenatal care by study subject 1, particularly to antenatal checks (97.6%), antitetanus vaccination (95.6%), and iron pill intake (94.2%). In addition, 66% of participants were aware of risks to pregnancy and 93.6% prefer public health deliveries for care.
Reproductive Medicine ; Family Planning Services

365 women of Cham minority (among them 200 aged 15-49 with husband) in 3 communes were enrolled in the study. Results are: 31% gave birth to child at first in the age under 19; 32% of women aged 15-49 had married having 4-9 live children, 30.5% pregnant women had received no prenatal care, 49% have received 1-2 prenatal visits; 49.4% gave birth at home and 39% were not assisted by health staff. 29% were aware only IUD and only 1 other contraceptive method. The rate of women who used contraceptive method accounts for 62% (among them 39.5% used IUD, 13% used pill and condom)
Minority Groups ; Reproductive Medicine ; Reproduction ; Reproductive Health Services ;

A retrospective study concerming the women’s reproductive health and the familial planing in Tan Binh commune and Tan Hoa commune, Tan Phong district, Thai Binh province in 2001-2003 year period. 50-60% of women aged 15-49 years old had been using various contraceptive methods, 60% using IUD, all women received good care in pregnancy, 100% had got pregnant examinations at least 3 times during their gestation and received the immunization enough for antitetanus. The increase of women who received gynecological sonsultation and the decrease of the incidence of gynecologicals diseases were notified.
Reproductive Medicine ; Family Planning Services ; Women

The population growth rate of Vietnam was higher than the average rate of the world (1.88% compared with 1.44%). The combination of population with family planning aimed at reducing the population growth rate. The suitable population growth would assure the stability and development of social economy, improvement of the quality of life including the reproductive health. The factors influenced on the population growth including death rate, birth rate, marriage, divorce, migration, contraceptive method, education and economic conditions.
Population ; Family Planning Services ; Reproductive Medicine

A cross-sectional study was conducted among 96 married women aged 15-49 in a rural Northern commune in December 2004. The results showed that the RTls prevalence was 53.1 %. Of these 96 respondents, 55.2% had adequate knowledge about RTls. There was a relatively high agreement between the RTI diagnosed by health workers and RTls self-diagnosed by the respondents on (Kappa = 0.41). Almost 59% of the women were aware of their infections but they did not seek for any medical treatment because 64.3% thought RTls was not a big deal, 50% did not have time, 39.3% felt ashamed to try, 21.4% of them waited for regular check-up campaigns, and 7.1% felt bearable not to go for a health check-up. There was an association between adequate IEC provided to the women and their knowledge on RTIs (OR=5.56; 95% CI: 1.88-16.90), between their knowledge and their capability to selfidentify RTls (OR=22; 95% CI: 5.02-111.41). Women who thought local commune health station well equipped and adequate medications were 4.6 times more likely to come for medical treatment than those who did not think so. The selfperception of the women on their RTIs' was highly matched with the results of clinical exams (75%). Health workers were best health information providers via direct EIC and consultation.
Reproduction ; Infection ; Women ; Rural Health ; Reproductive Medicine

Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; Reproductive Techniques, Assisted

Objective: To determine the changes in the clinical practice of infertility specialists in the Philippines, specifically, the proportion of specialists who stopped practice, length of break from clinics, the decrease in caseload, changes in consultation platform, screening frequency, number of clinicians that contracted COVI D 19 and safety protocols employed during the COVID - 19 pandemic.

Methods: A cross-sectional study using an online questionnaire given to all members of the Philippine Society for Reproductive Medicine (PSRM) last November 2020. Participants were requested to answer the questionnaire through google spread sheet, with informed consent. All data were collated, summarized and reported in terms of frequencies, and measures of central tendency.

Results: There were 110 active members of the PSRM who participated in the study. There was an overall decrease in the percentage of fertility consultations during the pandemic. There is also a substantial decrease in the caseload from different practices: 45.4% reported more than 50% decrease in !VF-related procedures, 54.5% noted more than 50% decrease in intrauterine insemination procedures, 52.8% reported more than 50% decrease in ovulation induction treatment, and 66.3% reported more than 50% decrease in endoscopic procedures. About 37% of the respondents deferred approximately 5-10 cases for fertility treatment, with 27.3% of the respondents reported deferring embryo transfer to less than 5 couples. More than half of the specialists (51.8%) stopped performing fertility procedures and 68.2% of the respondents completely stopped doing out patient consultations. However, some specialists resumed clinics by May 2020 (30.9%) and June 2020 (30.9%). Upon resumption of clinics, specialists used both face to face consultation and teleconsultation, with the largest proportion of respondents using both platforms. Safety measures employed during face-to-face consultations to prevent disease transmission included hand sanitizers in the clinics, restricted number of people in the waiting room and consultation room, use of personal protective equipment, symptom check prior to face to face consults, installation of air purifiers, and acrylic barriers, and use of health declaration forms. Majority of the specialists are aware of the international and local guidelines regarding infertility care during the pandemic (98.2%) and inform patients regarding the contents of the guidelines (90%).

Conclusion: There is a significant decline in the consultations and fertility procedures during the pandemic. Specialists are well informed of the international and local guidelines regarding fertility care during the pandemic.