Policy - Plan of Action for Infant and Young Child Feeding 2006-2010

Date:

2006

End date:

2010

Published by:

Ministry of Health -National Institute of Nutrition

Published year:

2006

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:

AIM

To improve knowledge and practice on IYCF (for children aged 0-3 years) of mothers and caregivers in order to improve nutritional and health status for optimal growth and development of Vietnamese children by the year 2010.

II. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

1. Specific objective 1

To improve availability and accessibility of appropriate and correct information on IYCF for the population.

2. Specific objective 2

To improve awareness and to change behavior/practice on IYCF for mothers and other caregivers.

3. Specific objective 3

To create an enabling environment and policies, which support proper IYCF practice.

Strategies

Strategies and activities related to nutrition:

MAIN APPROACHES AND ACTIVITIES ON IYCF IN VIETNAM

I. Improvement of the availability and accessibility of appropriate and correct information on IYCF for the population

II. Improvement of awareness and behavior/practice on IYCF of mothers and other caregivers

- Communication activities will be conducted regularly through mass media: television, radio, newspapers, and journals...
- Communication campaigns such as “Breastfeeding Week”, “Nutrition and Development Week”, “Micronutrient Day” will be organized.
- Training courses to improve nutrition knowledge and practice of target groups (mothers, reproductive-aged women, caregivers) will be conducted.

- Nutrition clubs will be established in the population (such as the Club for Healthy child feeding, for breastfeeding, or “Nutrition for pregnant women" club...)
- Guidelines and other IEC materials on IYCF will be distributed to families.
- Healthy Baby Contest will be organized.
- Performance of proper weaning practice will be regularly conducted.
- The pilot model of “Baby Friendly Commune” will be developed and scaled up.

- The criterion of “Raising a health baby" will be integrated into the general criteria of good families and communes.

IV. Provision of supportive services that encourage the practice of proper BF and complementary feeding

- Counseling centers for infant and young child nutrition will be set up, including one-to-one and telephone counseling.

- Production of micronutrient fortified foods

- Daycare centers and BF rooms should be arranged close to working place, workshops, and factories with lots of female employees. Lactating mothers should be supported to have more time to sustain BF

V. IYCF in exceptionally difficult circumstances

- The risk of improper feeding increases in exceptionally difficult circumstances, such as: children with HIV positive mothers, orphans, children born by female adolescents, children living in areas affected by natural calamities and disasters...

- Health workers will be trained and updated with counseling skills in exceptionally difficult circumstances

- The production and utilization of breast milk substitutes will be controlled under the Codex criteria

- Trained health workers and guideline documents on IYCF will be available to counsel for mothers and caregivers so that children in exceptionally difficult circumstances will have the optimal feeding

VI. Capacity building

- Personnel working in the field of nutrition will be trained

- Refresher training on proper BF and complementary feeding will be provided for health workers at all levels.

- Specialists on infant and young child nutrition will be trained.

- A national/provincial team of trainers on infant and young child nutrition will be trained.

- Appropriate training materials with updated information and a sufficient information system will be developed to be available for health personnel working in IYCF.

VII. Research implementation

IX International and regional cooperation in IYCF

X.Monitoring, supervision and evaluation

M&E Indicators

M&E Indicators related to nutrition:

1. Specific objective 1

To improve availability and accessibility of appropriate and correct information on IYCF for the population.

Indicators:

Number of communal health stations with communication and counseling corners on IYCF.

Number of local health workers being trained on IYCF knowledge and counseling skills.

Number of IEC materials on IYCF published and disseminated.

2. Specific objective 2

To improve awareness and to change behavior/practice on IYCF for mothers and other caregivers.

Indicators:

Number of mothers being trained on IYCF knowledge and skills.

Percentage of infants being breastfed within one hour after birth.

Percentage of children being exclusively breastfed in the first 6 months of life.

Percentage of children being given proper complementary feeding (initiation, quantity and quality of complementary food).

3. Specific objective 3

To create an enabling environment and policies, which support proper IYCF practice.

Indicators:

Number of establishments, workshops, factories achieving the criteria of "Baby Friendly Initiative"

The establishment of a system of legal documents and supportive policies to reinforce proper IYCF, meeting the need of a legislative corridor for IYCF.

Number of hospitals achieving the criteria of BFHI.

Number of communes (or CHS) achieving the criteria of “Baby Friendly Initiative”.

Establishment of a supervising and monitoring network on IYCF from the central to the local level.

M&E Indicator types:

Outcome indicators

File upload:

VNM 2006 IYCF action plan.pdf

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