A new partnership for climate-sensitive programming in Vietnam: Exploring the links between human mobility, food, and nutrition security in the Mekong Delta

CGIAR Nov. 14 2024

By Adam Savelli, Alessandra Vaselli, Thanh Thi Duong, Tuyen Huynh, Phuong Thi Mai Tuan, Mai Tuyet Truong

A partnership between the CGIAR Research Initiatives on Asian Mega-Deltas (AMD) and the Vietnam Ministry of Health, organized by CIAT on behalf of the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, will explore the linkages between human mobility (displacement, migration, planned relocation, immobility) and food and nutrition security (FNS) outcomes in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta. This important collaboration will generate evidence to inform policies and programs that support the food and nutrition security of households increasingly affected by climate-related mobility in the Mekong Delta.

Each year, the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) technically supports the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in conducting a National Nutritional Surveillance (NNS) Survey to understand the state of food and nutrition security within households in all provinces by evaluating the nutrition status of children under 5 years of age, and the state of infant and young child feeding practices (IYCF). The NNS survey’s results are then used to inform local and national policies and programs, especially those targeting the achievement of Vietnam’s National Strategy on Nutrition for 2021-2030 and Vision to 2045 and the National Action Plan on Food Systems Transformation

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