The health care sector of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho will work to reduce the ratio of malnourished children under five years old from 14.9 to 10 percent this year, equivalent to 8,080 kids.
According to the municipal Department of Public Health, local women will receive training on pre-natal and post-natal nutrition as well as childcare methods.
Vaccination programmes for children will be sped up, Nguyen Thi Be Nam, Director of the Can Tho Reproductive Healthcare Centre said.
Can Tho is now home to 80,800 under-five-year-old children, making up 4 percent of the city’s population.
Can Tho and other 12 provinces form the Mekong Delta region, which covers a total area of around 40,000 square kilometres with a population of 18 million and is a major aquaculture region and the largest rice production hub of Vietnam.-VNA
According to the municipal Department of Public Health, local women will receive training on pre-natal and post-natal nutrition as well as childcare methods.
Vaccination programmes for children will be sped up, Nguyen Thi Be Nam, Director of the Can Tho Reproductive Healthcare Centre said.
Can Tho is now home to 80,800 under-five-year-old children, making up 4 percent of the city’s population.
Can Tho and other 12 provinces form the Mekong Delta region, which covers a total area of around 40,000 square kilometres with a population of 18 million and is a major aquaculture region and the largest rice production hub of Vietnam.-VNA
