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Below are resources available on Vietnam, listed by theme, for your convenience. Critical Cross-Country Indicators Critical Cross-Country Indicators on Vietnam (as of January 2009) Laws & Pollicies Affecting Women's Reproductive Lives Significant changes in the health system took place in 1986, when the Government of Vietnam launched doi moi reforms. The doi moi campaign shifted Vietnam from a centralized economy to a decentralized “socialist-oriented market economy” and sparked the development of the private sector. As a result of privatization, fees for health-care services were introduced and the quality of public health care declined due to the lack of funding by local governments. Although these reforms have improved the general quality of life in Vietnam, 28 million people still live below the poverty line. This book is intended to give advocates and policymakers a more complete view of the laws and policies governing women’s lives to better enable legal and policy reform, to speed the implementation of laws that will improve women’s health and lives, and to assign accountability when governments fail to implement the laws designed to protect women in Thailand. Read more... Young People's Sexual & Reproductive Health & Rights Young people’s access to information and services on sexual and reproductive health is a large gap in the health provision in Vietnam. This article tells of attempts to provide gender-sensitive counseling on information and services on sexuality to young people. Read more...
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