23 FEBRUARY 2017

For students, an event was organized on reproductive health and family planning

On February 22, 2017, the Public Health and Reform Center of the Ministry of Health in cooperation with the "Knowledge" Foundation under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan held an event at the Baku University for Girls. At the event dedicated to "Reproductive health and family planning" the importance of awareness of the youth about reproductive health issues was emphasized.

Greeting the participants of the event the rector of the Baku University for Girls Sevinj Rahimova noted the importance of holding such events to protect the reproductive health of young people. Further, the doctor-methodologist, gynecologist of the PHRC Afat Mammadova made a report on the topic of "Sexually Transmitted Infections and Family Planning".

In the end, the issues that interested the participants were discussed, as well as educational materials developed at the PHRC were distributed.

The full text of the news is available in Azerbaijani.