A project funded by the Spanish Government on integrating nutrition and food security for children and vulnerable groups in Vietnam was reviewed at a workshop in Hanoi on June 29. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – A project funded by the SpanishGovernment on integrating nutrition and food security for children andvulnerable groups in Vietnam was reviewed at a workshop in Hanoi on June 29.
Director of the Ministry of Health's Maternaland Child Health Department Nguyen Duc Vinh said the project aims to help Vietnambuild and implement an integrated nutrition and food security strategytargeting children and vulnerable groups in the country.
The project has been carried out at the centrallevel and in the mountainous northwest province of Lao Cai and the centralprovince of Ninh Thuan from 2015 to June 2017.
It guides the building and enforcement ofrelevant policies based on the global recommendations on nutrition for mothers,infants and children, on clean water, hygiene and food security.
It also helps enhance the capability of involvedstaff at central and local levels in achieving sustainable reduction of the rateof stunted growth and malnutrition among children while ensuring food securityfor households.
Remarkable outcomes of the project included theissuance of technical guidance for the early detection and treatment of acutechild malnutrition, and instructions on food pyramids for pregnant and breast-feedingwomen and children under five.
In addition, the programme “Restructuring ricesector”, approved in June 2016 has been nationwide applied. Seven models ofhousehold-based cultivation, animal raising and aquaculture have beenimplemented in the two target provinces.
Lao Cai province’s representative said after theproject was carried out in Ban Pho commune, Bac Ha district; and Thao Chu Phincommune, Si Ma Cai district, the ratio of malnutrition among children in thetwo communes decreased from 24.2 percent to 16.6 percent while the rate ofmothers having proper knowledge of the minimum diversity of food for childrensurged from 15.5 percent to 56.9 percent.
Nearly 72 percent of mothers breast-fed theirchildren right after delivery compared to 47.9 percent before the project, and74 percent of them ensure the minimum diversity of food for their children.-VNA
Director of the Ministry of Health's Maternaland Child Health Department Nguyen Duc Vinh said the project aims to help Vietnambuild and implement an integrated nutrition and food security strategytargeting children and vulnerable groups in the country.
The project has been carried out at the centrallevel and in the mountainous northwest province of Lao Cai and the centralprovince of Ninh Thuan from 2015 to June 2017.
It guides the building and enforcement ofrelevant policies based on the global recommendations on nutrition for mothers,infants and children, on clean water, hygiene and food security.
It also helps enhance the capability of involvedstaff at central and local levels in achieving sustainable reduction of the rateof stunted growth and malnutrition among children while ensuring food securityfor households.
Remarkable outcomes of the project included theissuance of technical guidance for the early detection and treatment of acutechild malnutrition, and instructions on food pyramids for pregnant and breast-feedingwomen and children under five.
In addition, the programme “Restructuring ricesector”, approved in June 2016 has been nationwide applied. Seven models ofhousehold-based cultivation, animal raising and aquaculture have beenimplemented in the two target provinces.
Lao Cai province’s representative said after theproject was carried out in Ban Pho commune, Bac Ha district; and Thao Chu Phincommune, Si Ma Cai district, the ratio of malnutrition among children in thetwo communes decreased from 24.2 percent to 16.6 percent while the rate ofmothers having proper knowledge of the minimum diversity of food for childrensurged from 15.5 percent to 56.9 percent.
Nearly 72 percent of mothers breast-fed theirchildren right after delivery compared to 47.9 percent before the project, and74 percent of them ensure the minimum diversity of food for their children.-VNA
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