In 2019, the National Institute of Nutrition will focus on providing children with a number of micronutrients including Vitamin A, iron, and zinc, while supplementing micronutrients into foods.

At the same time, the institute advised families to diversify daily meals for children to ensure healthy growth in their formative years.

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This year, the institute will offer, free of charge, 14 million multivitamin tablets to pregnant women to prevent the deficiency of micronutrients among mothers and children in 85 poor districts across the country.

During the annual National Micronutrient Day, spanning from June 1-2, six million children under five years old will be given Vitamin A, while millions of others from 20-60 months old will take de-worming medication.

Addressing the launching ceremony, Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Viet Tien said that over the years, Vietnam has been among those countries with the most rapid and sustainable reduction in the ratio of malnourished children.

However, the ratio of malnourished children is still high, with 2017 reporting 13.4 percent of children underweight for their age, 23.4 percent of children with stunted growth problems, and a high percentage of children with Vitamin A deficiencies, he noted.

He stressed the need to implement the national nutrition strategy for the 2011-2020 period with a view to 2030, while calling for localities to take measures to effectively prevent malnutrition.

Hiep Hoa strives to complete making public health management record within October

(BGO) – The communes and town in Hiep Hoa district, Bac Giang province have focused on information survey to make the dossier for public health examination and management record.

 

“Your Health” model put on trial for worker

(BGO) – On May 19, the Labor Confederation in the northern province of Bac Giang launched “Your Health” model in Vert Fashion Company Limited in Tan Yen district. It is the first ever pilot model implemented in the province under the instruction for the women crucial task in 2019 issued by Vietnam General Confederation of Labor. 

 

Viet Yen launches public health management software

(BGO) – The Medical Center in Viet Yen district, Bac Giang province has instructed the medical staff at the communal level and the local schools to input the data into the public health management software.

 

3,000 poor people and policy beneficiaries receive free health checkup and medicine

(BGO) – The Red Cross Society in the northern province of Bac Giang and VinGroup’s Kind-Heart Foundation on May 13 co-hosted a programme to provide free health examination, consultation and medicine in Son Dong district to respond to the Humanitarian Month in 2019.

 

EU-funded programme helps improve Vietnam’s health sector

A budget support programme for Vietnam’s health sector funded by the European Union (EU) was reviewed in a ceremony held by the C(MoH)  in Hanoi on May 8. 

 

Source: VNA