Viet Nam Population Health Programme: Strategic Learning and Assessment

Professor Hy Van Luong presents key findings and policy recommendations from the Population Health Study. On July 18, 2017, SSRC Vietnam Program staff organized a Policy Roundtable to engage stakeholders in the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS)-SSRC logitudinal “Population Health Study in Three Provinces” and highlight key findings and policy recommendations from the study. The 49 roundtable participants comprised high-level and influential Party and government members, representatives from the Ministry of Health (MoH) and key national agencies and local NGOs, and project team members. The policy community welcomed the study’s focus on commune-level health, emphasizing their importance to policymakers …

Two research teams from the SSRC-VASS Vietnam Population Health Study presented their teams’ research findings at the 6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health in Bangkok. Dr. Tran Thi Hong (left) and Tran Quy Long (right) co-presented their team’s paper on “Improving Antenatal Care for Vulnerable Women in Vietnam.” Their research found a large increase in the number of pregnant women receiving antenatal care and taking iron supplements within the 12 communes studied. This improvement was less significant, however, among the most vulnerable women in the study, including ethnic minorities and women with lower incomes or education levels. Dr. Nguyen Duc