Save the Children/USA

Youth Friendly Services: In 2005-2006, SC US is working with 3 health facilities in 2 Provinces of Central Vietnam (2 in Da Nang and 1 in Quang Tri) to make health facilities more youth friendly for the full range of reproductive health and HIV-related services. This work will be carried out in partnership with provincial health services of each province together with the MOH RH Department. The experiences from these sites, along with that of other sites and experiences from around the country, will feed into the development of National Youth Friendly Services Guidelines that SC and WHO will assist the MOH in developing with the support of other institutional stakeholders. An important feature of this effort will be piloting a strong youth participation component through the adaptation of SC’s Youth Defined Quality methodology (YDQ).

OVC: Save the Children (led by SC/UK), in collaboration with Vietnam’s Committee on Population, Families and Children (CPFC) is conducting a national survey of the OVC situation in Vietnam. This study will focus on health care, socioeconomic issues, education, legal rights, coping mechanisms, and stigma and discrimination. It will also identify gaps in current programming and policies for OVC. Results and recommendations generated from the Save the Children/CPFC study will inform policy and programs directed at OVC in Vietnam.

School-Based Prevention: Save the Children, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) is 1) developing a national HIV/RH and Education Action Plan for the school system; and 2) improving HIV prevention knowledge, attitudes, skills and behaviors of school-going young people by developing and disseminating HIV prevention message to young people via schools.

High-Risk Prevention: Save the Children, in collaboration with the Center for Community Health Research and Development (CCRD) conducted a situation analysis of high-risk behaviors of young people in Lao Cai province. Field work is complete and data are being analyzed. Findings will be available and distributed shortly.

For further information, please contact:

Le Thuy Duong
ARSH/HIV/AIDS Program Officer
Save the Children/US
141 Le Duan, 6th floor, Hanoi, Vietnam
Email: DuongLT@savechildren.org.vn

Save the Children web site:

http://www.savethechildren.org
http://www.savethechildren.net/vietnam