20 DECEMBER 2018

Students informed on reproductive health and family planning

Public Health and Reforms Center (PHRC) of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Azerbaijan continues outreach activities for the protection of the health of population.

On December 20, 2018, PHRC organized an educational event on "Raising awareness of young people on reproductive health and family planning" at Azerbaijan University of Languages.

Emphasizing an importance of awareness-raising efforts on medical education, senior lecturer of the Chair of civil defense and basics of medical education of the University Sadagat Musayeva noted that, it is possible to avoid a number of diseases thanks to the necessary preventive and awareness-raising measures.

A physician-methodologist of PHRC Latafat Dadashova provided students on detailed information about family planning, which is an important factor of protecting of reproductive health, as well as, protection methods against unwanted pregnancy, modern contraceptives.

She also talked about negative impacts of harmful habits (using of alcohol, tobacco and drugs) on reproductive health of young women and urged future mothers to lead healthy lives and gave them relevant recommendations.

At the end of the event, educational materials prepared by PHRC were distributed and questions of the students were answered.

The full text of the news is available in Azerbaijani language.