A health worker gives check-ups to children in Trong Hoa commune, Minh Hoa district of Quang Binh (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The rate of malnutrition and
stunting in children under 16 years old in poor districts and extremely
difficult communes in coastal, coastal and island areas is expected to decrease
to 38% in 2023 thanks to the implementation of a project under the national
target programme on sustainable poverty reduction, according to the Ministry of
Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA).
This year, the project to improve people’s nutrition is
provided with 270 billion VND (11.12 million USD) from the central budget,
21.35 billion VND (879,688 USD) from local budget and 1.2 billion VND
from other sources, the ministry said.
A report from the Government showed that in order to
implement the project, the Ministry of Health has organised a conference to
give guidance on its implementation, along with eight training courses to
provide professional instructions to 180 officials from disease control
centres of target provinces, and published professional guidance.
Localities have organised nutrition consulting activities
and provided multi-micronutrient supplements for malnourished children under 16
years old, and products to treat acute malnutrition following professional guidance of the in poor districts and extremely
difficult communes in coastal and island areas, as well as for children under
16 years old in poor households, near-poor households, and households that have
just escaped poverty. The rate of children receiving vitamin A and deworming drugs has
reached over 90% in target areas.
Meanwhile, localities have supplied multi-micronutrients to
46,402 pregnant and breastfeeding women in 1,089 communes covered by the programme,
with a total of over 8.45 million tablets of the supplements. At the same time,
they have distributed nearly 11.14 million vitamin A tablets of 200,000 IU and
nearly 1.48 million vitamin A tablets of 100,000 IU to children between 6-59
months old.
Besides, communication activities have been strengthened
following the instructions of the Ministry of Health./.
Source: VietnamPlus
