Description

This brief provides key policy messages based on the Viet Nam Population Health Programme Population Health Study, a large-scale longitudinal study from 2008-2016 co-led by the SSRC’s Vietnam Program and the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS) and sponsored by The Atlantic Philanthropies. The Study aimed to measure household health practices and health-seeking behavior in Vietnam, especially among the most economically and socially disadvantaged populations. Key policy recommendations include increasing the use and effectiveness of commune health centers (CHCs), improving antenatal care and utilization, and helping CHCs implement preventive health care and essential disease control programs.

 

 To learn more about the Population Health Study and its findings, please see:

• Fact Sheet – Longitudinal Study of Population Health in Three Vietnamese Provinces

• Event – Policy Roundtable on Improving the Quality of Health Care at the Grassroots Level in Vietnam

• Report – Analysis of Self-Reported Health in Commune Health Centers

• Report – Strengthening Commune Health Centers in Vietnam

• Report – What Makes for an Effective Commune Health Center?

 

 The report is also available on The Atlantic Philanthropies website.