Policy - National Plan of Action for Infant and Young Child Feeding 2012-2015

Date:

2012

End date:

2015

Published by:

Ministry of Health

Published year:

2012

Is the policy document adopted?:

No / No information

Type of policy:

Nutrition policy, strategy or plan focusing on specific nutrition areas

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Goals

Goals, objectives or targets related to nutrition:

I. General objective

To improve knowledge and practice on IYCF and maternal nutrition to contribute to a reduction of stunting malnutrition and improved development of children aged 0 to 2 years.

II. Specific objectives

1. Objective 1— Strengthen advocacy, development and implementation of policies supporting infant and young child feeding

2. Objective 2— Improve infant and young child feeding knowledge and practices among child caregivers

3. Objective 3— Improve maternal and children nutritional status

4. Objective 4—Improve Capacity and effectiveness of health service provision system on IYCF

5. Objective 5—Improve monitoring and evaluation system for IYCF interventions

Strategies

Strategies and activities related to nutrition:

III. Objective 3 - Improve maternal and children nutritional status

(The outputs of Objective 3 will be implemented in Plan of Action for Nutrition to 2015).

Output 3.1 Promotion of iron/folic acid, micronutrient supplement, de-worming, treatment for malaria for pregnant women and women at high risks areas

Activities:

· Provide iron/folic acid tablets, micronutrient tablets.

· Provide de-worming tablets and medicines for malaria treatment in areas with high rate of worm and malaria under guidance of the MOH.

· Expand the social marketing approaches to enhance the local production and supply in urban and relevant regions.

Output 3.2 Capacity of health workers at all levels in prevent micronutrient deficiency is strengthened

Activities:

· Provide trainings for health workers at all levels on preventing malnutrition including preventing micronutrient.

· Develop training and communication materials.

· Conduct integrated supportive supervision.

Output 4.2: The Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative is maintained and strengthened

Activities:

· Develop and implement National guideline on implementation and maintenance of BFHI (10 steps for successful BF).

· Add the standards of BFHI into the standard of annual M&E for hospitals.

· Add the 10 steps for successful BF into the criteria for evaluating quality of hospitals.

· Standardize training materials, provide guidance for evaluation and re-evaluation.

· Organize trainings for health workers of Ob/Ped hospitals on BFHI standards.

· Develop pilot model for Commune Health Center that implement 10 steps for successful BF.

· Organize evaluation, re-evaluation and monitoring the maintenance of BFHI standards.

Output 4.4: Infant and Young Child Feeding in emergency and special conditions are strengthened and duplicated

Activities:

· Evaluate the pilot model of acute malnutrition management for scaling up.

· Develop and implement plan to satisfy nutrition needs in case of emergency for areas frequently faces natural disasters, floods; provide guidelines for acute malnutrition management; prevent micronutrient deficiencies.

· Develop training materials.

· Organize trainings for health workers at all levels.

· Produce and distribute food products to treat acute malnutrition.

Output 4.5: Infant and young child feeding capacity of health workers at all levels is enhanced

Activities:

· Develop training materials and organize national standard for re-trainings on IYCF

· Develop trainers network at central and provincial levels.

· Provide trainings at all levels.

· Provide monitoring after training.

M&E Indicators

M&E Indicators related to nutrition:

2. Objective 2— Improve infant and young child feeding knowledge and practices among child caregivers

Monitoring/evaluating indicators by 2015:

· 80% of mothers practice early breastfeeding and 27% of mothers practice exclusive breastfeeding in the first 6 months.

· 60% of mothers continue to breastfeed until 24 months of age or longer

· 80% of mothers practice appropriate complementary feeding for their children from 6 – 24 months.

Objective 3— Improve maternal and children nutritional status:

Monitoring/evaluating indicators by 2015:

· Reduce the rate of chronic energy deficiency in women in reproductive age to 15%

· Reduce the rate of anemia among pregnant women to 28%

· Reduce the rate of birth underweight (<2500g) to under 10%

· Reduce the rate of stunting malnutrition of children under 5 years of age to 26%

· Reduce the rate of underweight malnutrition of children under 5 years of age to 15%

4. Objective 4—Improve Capacity and effectiveness of health service provision system on IYCF

Monitoring/evaluating indicators by 2015:

· Activities of IYCF manage board at all levels are strengthened.

· 75% of provincial health staff and 50% of district health staff have been trained on IYCF counseling.

· 60% nutrition focal persons and nutrition collaborators at commune level have been trained, provided with up-to-date knowledge on IYCF.

· The number of general hospitals at national/provincial/district level and obstetric/pediatric hospitals achieving and maintaining the BFHI standards has doubled in comparison to that of 2012.

· 30% of commune health centers are able to provide counseling services on IYCF.

M&E Indicator types:

Outcome indicators

File upload:

VNM 2012 National plan of action for IYCF.pdf

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