MAIN RESULTS

a.

b.

c.

d.

Note:

Indicator Value Indicator Value

No. of districts and towns 11 No. of hospitals 15

No. of wards, town districts, and communes 144 No. of polyclinics -

No. of villages 683 No. of commune health centers 146

Population No. of maternity homes -

No. of children <5 years of age No. of doctors 799

No. of children <2 years of age No. of assistant doctors 1,068

(estimated to be 41.1% of the under 5) 41% No. of nurses 1,389

Percent ethnic minorities 0.2% No. of midwives/birth attendants 495

Poverty rate 12.9% No. of village health workers 1,415

1 General Statistics Office (GSO) Viet Nam. Available from: www.gso.gov.vn. Accessed February 10, 2012

Last update 11/1/2016

Among children under 5 years of age, the prevalence of stunting was 25.7%, underweight was 14.5% and

wasting was 6.7%; while the prevalence of overweight and obesity was 6.1%.

50,859

123,745

This report is a part of the Vietnam Nutrition Surveillance System. Data collection is performed usually in the

months from June to September annually, using cluster sampling and conducted by the Provincial Preventive

Medical Center(s) under technical guidance from the National Institute of Nutrition.

Basic characteristics 1

Dong Thap

Nutrition profile 2014

1,673,205

The prevalence of women aged from 15 to 49 years with chronic energy deficiency was 14%. The rate of

using iron pills in the 3 months before or during pregnant among mother with under 2 years child was

82.6% and the rate of using Vitamin A after delivery was 50.5%.

Because IYCF indicators have just been integrated into the nutrition surveillance system since 2010, additional time would be

needed to improve the data collection.

The proportion of mothers exposed to breastfeeding or complementary feeding information in the last 3

months was 33.2%; main sources of information were mass media channels, especially TV. The proportion

of mothers who met a health worker in the last 3 months was 99.1%

The rate of early initiation of breastfeeding was 74.4%, continued breastfeeding at 2 years rate was 0%

while the proportion of children under 6 months old using bottle and nipple remained quite high. The

proportion of children aged from 6 to 23 months receiving a minimum acceptable diet was 27%. The

proportion of children aged from 6 to 35 months receiving vitamin A supplementation was 0.8%.

2. Dong Thap

Source of information: National Nutrition Surveillance 2014 - National Institute of Nutrition

3. Wasting prevalence (WHZ<-2Z) among children under

5 years by age group (%)

6. Stunting prevalence (HAZ<-2Z) among children under

5 years by age group (%)

5. Underweight prevalence (WAZ<-2Z) among children

under 5 years by age group (%)

1. Chronic energy deficiency prevalence of mothers by

age group (%)

4. Malnutrition prevalence among children under 5 years

(%)

NUTRITION INFORMATION (2011 & 2014)

2. Vitamin A supplements: Knowledge and use among

mothers (%)

82.076.274.0

50.5

0

20

40

60

80

100

Knew/ heard about vitamin Acapsule

Took vitamin A after delivery

2011 (n=1138) 2014 (n=1369)

22.7

15.2

11.9

17.220.1

9.7

4.2

14.0

0

10

20

30

40

50

15-24 years 25-34 years 35-49 years 15-49 years

2011 (n=1079) 2014 (n=1622)

15.6

28.7

7.0

3.7

14.5

25.7

6.7 6.1

0

10

20

30

40

50

Underweight Stunting Wasting Overweight/obese

2011 (n=1507) 2014 (n=1506)

0

10

20

30

40

50

0-5 6-11 12-17 18-23 24-29 30-35 36-41 42-47 48-53 54-59

Age in months

2011 (n=1507) 2014 (n=1526)

0

10

20

30

40

50

0-5 6-11 12-17 18-23 24-29 30-35 36-41 42-47 48-53 54-59

Age in months

2011 (n=1501) 2014 (n=1521)

0

5

10

15

20

25

0-5 6-11 12-17 18-23 24-29 30-35 36-41 42-47 48-53 54-59

Age in months

2011 (n=1501) 2014 (n=1527)

3. Dong Thap

Source of information: National Nutrition Surveillance 2014 - National Institute of Nutrition

NUTRITION DURING THE LIFE CYCLE

0.0 0.3 1.6

96.5

0

20

40

60

80

100

Continued breastfeedingat 2 years (n=98)

Child deworming (last 6months) (n=770)

Vitamin Asupplementation (last 6

months) (n=367)

No bottle feeding(n=716)

(n=)

100.0 94.074.4 78.1

0

20

40

60

80

100

Child born in ahealth facility

(n=344)

Ever breastfed(n=618)

Early initiation ofbreastfeeding

(n=587)

No squeezing outcolostrum(n=597)

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

0-1 2-3 4-5 6-7 8-9 10-11

Age group in months

Infant and young child feeding practices by age

Not receiving any breastmilk

Breast milk &complementary foods

Breast milk & othermilk/formula

Breast milk & non-milkliquids

Breast milk & plainwater only

Exclusively breastfed

40.5

96.9

53.9

0

20

40

60

80

100

Predominantbreastfeeding

under 6 months(n=42)

No bottle feeding(n=193)

No prelactealfeeding in the first

days (n=330)

2.6

54.3 61.0

27.0

90.3 98.3

0

20

40

60

80

100

Continuedbreastfeeding at 1

year (n=76)

Minimum mealfrequency(n=385)

Minimum dietarydiversity (n=385)

Minimumacceptable diet

(n=385)

Consumption ofiron-rich or iron-fortified foods

(n=380)

No bottle feeding(n=416)

(n=)

24

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mo

nth

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pre

gnan

cy

8.9 2.2

92.3

0

20

40

60

80

100

Non-pregnant/lactating

Pregnant

Iron folic acid supplementation duringlast 6 months (n=1293)

Iodized salt use(n=1283)

16.64.8

63.8

14.0

020406080

100

Non-pregnant(n=586)

First trimester(n=585)

Second semetre(n=585)

Multi-nutrientsupplementationduring pregnancy

(n=585)Iron tablet supplementattion

1. Exposure to nutrition information (%) 4. Sources of direct contact (%)

3. Topics of nutritional counseling (%)

Source of information: National Nutrition Surveillance 2014 - National Institute of Nutrition

4. Dong Thap

ACCESS TO NUTRITION INFORMATION AND SERVICES

5. Type of IYCF information (%)2. Sources of information from mass-media (%)

91.7 91.3

2.2

0

20

40

60

80

100

Communal healthcenter staff (n=578)

Village health worker/Nutrition volunter

(n=578)

Women union(n=578)

47.454.8

46.4

62.354.4

74.184.6

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20

40

60

80

100

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2014 (n=597)

71.976.4

25.8 22.8

0

20

40

60

80

100

Aboutbreastfeeding

Aboutcomplementary

food

Aboutbreastfeeding

Aboutcomplementary

food

Health staff Mass media

2014 (n=597)

33.2

99.1

0

20

40

60

80

100

See/ hear IYCF messages onmass-media last 3 months

(n=597)

Contact with health staff duringlast 3 months (n=578)

25.6

3.2 5.7 2.8 4.4

0

20

40

60

80

100

TV Radio/loudspeaker

Newspapers/magazines

Poster,flipcharts

Internet

2014 (n=597)