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  • Policy support for infants and young children feeding in Vietnam

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    This qualitative study, approved by the Ministry of Health, conducted with 42 leaders from national agencies, government departments, mass media organizations, medical associations and hospitals in the year 2010. The study was implemented under the scope of the Alive and Thrive project Vietnam. The interviewed respondents acknowledge the values of breast milk and support the promotion of breastfeeding.  Said stakeholders recognized the changes in young mother’s breastfeeding and practices and the underlying reasons for not doing it for example: workload; inappropriateness of maternity leave policy; formula advertisement; poor knowledge;  environment that does not allow or encourage it and poor instructions from health workers. It is obvious that the key areas for improving nutrition problems in Vietnam over the next decade are: to reduce rates of stunted children malnutrition; increase the height of Vietnamese children and improve food fortification. This information has been communicated to policy makers by the National Institute of Nutrition.   

  • Policy Support for Infant and Young Child Feeding in Vietnam: Leader Perspectives

    Author : Tran Tuan, Tran Thi Thu Ha, Nguyen Thi Van Ha

    Year : 2010

    Area : Maternal & Child Health

    With regard to malnutrition control in the last two decades, the main focus has been on providing children with adequate levels of food and qualified food as until the early 1990s there has been still 58% of households in Vietnam living under the poverty line (cannot acquire 2100 cal/person/day)1. However, Vietnam has been moving towards […]

  • Organic farming as prevention of child poisoning

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    Dr. Dang Thi Hai, Tho Nguyen Thi Van Ha,  Tran Thap Long presented about Organic farming as prevention of child poisoning in The Mekong Health Congress 2010 Vientiane, Lao PDR 25th–28thJanuary 2010

  • Corruption in health service delivery. From the perspective of health practitioners

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    Tran Tuan MD, PhD presented about “Corruption in health service delivery. From the perspective of health practitioners” in corruption in the health sector and poverty in Vietnam: Strengthening transparency and accountability

  • Comparative quality of private and public health services in rural Vietnam

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    Private health care services were officially recognized in Vietnam in 1989, and for the last 15 years have competed with the public health system in providing primary curative care and pharmaceutical sales to rural populations. However, the quality of these private and public health care services has not been evaluated and compared.