This is the notable content stipulated in Circular 33/2017/TT-BYT issued by the Ministry of Health on August 1, 2017, which prescribes counseling and support for children in reproductive health care appropriate to their age.
Accordingly, Circular 33 stipulates that the support for children’s reproductive health care appropriate to their age is carried out as follows:
- Developing and providing information, education, and communication materials regarding reproductive health care appropriate to the age of children, ensuring children have access to counseling and support facilities.- Providing counseling services, medical examination, treatment, and reproductive health care for children according to their age, appropriate to the conditions and scope of expertise of the counseling and support facilities.- Assisting and providing information to children on other necessary matters suitable to the capacity and conditions of the counseling and support facilities when children require it; referring children to appropriate facilities such as support centers for victims of abuse and sexual assault; counseling and treatment centers for psychological and mental health issues; facilities providing information, counseling, and support services for children in other areas such as law, psychology, marriage, and family.- Exempting or reducing counseling and treatment costs for children according to legal regulations.
See details in Circular 33/2017/TT-BYT effective from October 01, 2017.
-Thao Uyen-
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