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Nutritiuos food for 6-24 month old children vulnerable to malnutrition in poor areas

last updated Sep 27, 2011

Overview

Implementing organization: 
National Institute of Nutrition – Ministry of Health
Implementation Partner(s): 
Asian Development Bank (ADB), Groupe de Recherche et D'Echanges Technologiques (GRET), Institut de Recherche pour le Development (IRD), protein-energy malnutrition (PEM), Viet Nam Women’s Union (VWU)
Legal Status: 
Public-private partnership
Year Launched: 
2007
Stage: 
Existing/expansion stage
Income Level of Target Population: 
Bottom 20%, 20-60% (lower to lower-middle)

Funding

Primary Source of Funding: 
Donor
Additional Source(s) of Funding: 
In-kind contributions, Out-of-pocket payments
Funders: 
Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction (JFPR)

Scale

Number of Clients Served: 
325,000 poor children
Summary: 

The goal of the project is to reduce the incidence and severity of malnutrition among low-income, vulnerable, and primarily rural children by expanding access to improved feeding practices, including giving fortified complementary foods to children 6-24 months of age.

Program goals/rationale: 

the project's specific objectives are to: (i) expand localized, commercial production of a fortified, low-cost complementary food; (ii) develop and expand the system of community-based complementary food sales, distribution, and enhanced nutrition education; (iii) address barriers to accessing complementary food among the most poor and vulnerable; and (iv) address policy development and advocacy for long-term support for fortified complementary food (as part of a range of options that should be available for addressing malnutrition).

Key program components: 

Based on an alliance of government, food producers, and non-government organizations (NGOs), the project has enable the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) to further develop an innovative model for increasing production capacity by expanding sales, reducing unit costs, and lowering the price to consumers, thereby improving the prospects for sustainability.

The expected outcome of the project is increased access of approximately 325,000 poor children to fortified complementary food. Over 3 years, the project has worked to open community-based channels for distribution, marketing, and nutrition education in 6 provinces and 60 districts.

Vietnam’s Country Investment Plan (CIP) for food fortification prepared under the ADB’s regional technical assistance (TA) project outlines a 10-year expansion of this model to sustainably reach up to 25% of vulnerable 6 to 24-month-olds on a national basis. This project is a strategic first step in the expansion, with a focus on developing strategies for scaling up and sustainability as well as ensuring that the product and project benefits reach the poorest and most vulnerable. The new mechanisms for financial sustainability has been actively adopted by using the strengths of public–private partnership.

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