The impacts of NGOs and SHGs on learning reproductive health information of Vietnamese women with physical disabilities

Abstract

Researchers have drawn attention to people’s perceptions of reproductive health in Vietnam. Disabled people in Vietnam have been shown to have particularly low awareness and knowledge of reproductive health, in particular, women with disabilities have varied reproductive health knowledge because some of them have access to better reproductive health information than others. In this situation, non-government organizations (NGOs) and self-help groups (SHGs) contributed great value and provided a great resource for people with disabilities. This article explores the important roles of NGOs and SHGs, as they provide reproductive health information to people with disabilities. This article is concluded with some recommendations and directions for future research.