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Viet Nam
Date established 1989
Contact details Marie Stopes International Viet Nam
No. 14, Lane 60
Giang Van Minh Street
Ba Dinh District
Hanoi
Viet Nam

Telephone: + 84 4 722 5471 / 72
Email: admin.msivn@mariestopes.org.vn
Services offered Family planning; abortion; health screening; HIV/STIs; maternal health; primary health care; social franchising; young people
Number of clinics 5
Outreach / mobile services Yes
Major partners The Ministry of Health; various Provincial Departments of Health; the Viet Nam Centre for Community Reproductive Health; Adidas and their local suppliers
Major donors New Zealand Agency for International Development (NZAID); Adidas; Atlantic Philanthropies; the Asian Development Bank; Direct Relief In; International Planned Parenthood Foundation (IPPF)

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Highlights

  • increased awareness/availability of quality HIV/AIDS information and Voluntary Confidential Testing (VCT) services
  • improved access to quality of maternal and child health services in remote / mountainous areas through training of Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs) and Village Health Workers (VHWs) (80% of care for pregnant women in these areas is provided by TBAs and VHWs. To date, 250 have been trained and referral networks set up

Future plans

  • develop a national social franchise network
  • improve access to quality RH services for VN population through expansion of MSIVN clinical network
  • enhance government capacity for youth-oriented HIV/AIDS VCT services in 5 provinces through technical assistance
  • open 6 new clinics by the end of 2008: 1 in Quang Ninh, 1 in Ha Noi (bringing the total in Ha Noi to 2), 1 in Khanh Hoa, 1 in Da Nang, 1 in Quang Binh, 1 in Lao Cai

 

Key statistics for Viet Nam

Source: UNFPA State of world population 2007
Total population (millions) (2007) 86.4
Average population growth rate (%) (2005 - 2010) 1.3
Projected population (millions) (2050) 116.7
Life expectancy (M / F) 69.8 / 73.7
Total fertility rate (2007) 2.15
% contraceptive prevalence: any method 79
% contraceptive prevalence: modern methods 57
Births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 17
% births with skills attendants 85
Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) 130
Infant mortality total per 1,000 live births 26
Under 5 mortality (M / F) 36 / 27
HIV prevalence rate (%) (15-49) M / F 0.7 / 0.3
Health expenditure public (% of GNP) 1.5
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