Australia provides AUD2.89mil to improve reproductive health in remote areas of Laos


Participants pose for a photo in Vientiane on May 12 after signing a Memorandum of Understanding on the improvement of reproductive health services in Bokeo and Luang Namtha provinces.

VIENTIANE: More than 500,000 people in remote areas of Bokeo and Luang Namtha provinces, including ethnic communities, will benefit from improved access to reproductive health and sexual rights services under a new project funded by the Australian Government.

The AUD2.896 million project titled “Reproductive Health and Sexual Rights Promotion with New Mechanisms” was launched in Vientiane on Monday (May 12) with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Department of Hygiene and Health Promotion, Ministry of Health, and the Family Health Promotion Association.

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