Priority health concerns
Maternal and child health
UNFPA helping Vietnam ensure safety, happiness for ethnic minority mothers, children
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has been working closely with relevant ministries and sectors to identify the most effective strategies to assist Vietnam in creating a safe and happy environment for mothers and children, including those in ethnic minority and disadvantaged areas.In efforts to ...
UNFPA, Norwegian Government support Vietnam in ending gender biased sex selection
The Norwegian Government and the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) have reaffirmed their strong commitment to cooperating with and supporting Vietnam at the national and sub-national levels in ending gender-biased sex selection (GBSS), for a brighter future for the next generation of Vietnamese.The joint affirmation was ...
More than 20 localities have low birth rate: MoH
Vietnam’s economic engine HCM City has the lowest fertility rate in the country of 1.53, according to the Ministry of Health’s latest report in June.A total 21 provinces and cities have low to very low fertility rates, mostly in the Mekong Delta, southeast and central coastal ...
Joint commitment signed to facilitate nutrition improvement for Vietnamese mothers and children
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has joined delegates to sign a joint commitment to promote efforts in improving maternal nutrition and complementary feeding practices in Vietnam.The event was part of the launching for the State of the World’s Children 2019 report and a framework ...
Formula feeding increases infants' infection, hospitalization rates: study
Vietnamese infants raised on formula have increased risk of infection and hospital admission, according to a study authored by researchers from the Curtin University Bentley Campus in Australia and the University of Medicine and Pharmacy in HCMC.A survey by Vietnam’s Health Ministry in 2016 found ...
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UNFPA, US pharma firm partner to roll out HPV vaccination in Vietnam
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the US-based pharmaceutical company Merc Sharp & Dohme (MSD) will join hands to support the Ministry of Health to roll out the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programme in Vietnam from 2019 – 2021. An agreement to this effect was ...
WB helps improve grassroots health services in Vietnam
The World Bank Board of Executive Directors on June 20 approved an 80-million-USD loan to help Vietnam improve basic health service quality and access, especially in disadvantaged areas. The Investing and Innovating for Grassroots Health Service Delivery Project is designed to enable commune health stations (CHS) ...
Agreement signed targeting to improve nutritional status for Vietnamese children
The Ministry of Health (MoH) and Amway Vietnam on April 23 signed a cooperation agreement on the continuous implementation of a project aimed at improving nutrition for children under five in Vietnam during 2019-2020.Officially launched in 2014, Nutrilite Power of 5 is a social programme ...
Việt Nam in urgent need of legislation to prevent child sex abuse
Viet Nam still lacks mechanisms to prevent the abuse of children in various forms and support children victims. Attendees said the abuse of children is still dealt with on a case-by-case basis, and efforts to revise legal documents to correct out-of-date regulations and close loopholes have not ...
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Police wants tighter social surveillance of child abusers
A total of 1,547 child abuse cases were reported nationwide last year, with majority child sexual abuse, according to a report by the Ministry of Public Security. The report said 82 per cent of the total child abuse crimes were child sexual abuse, harming 1,141 ...
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