The optimal mid-upper-arm circumference cutoffs to screen severe acute malnutrition in Vietnamese children.

Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) remains a main cause of mortality among children under five years old. Vietnam needs further study to establish the optimal mid-upper-arm circumference (MUAC) cutoff for improving the accuracy of the MUAC indicator in screening SAM children aged 6-59 months. A survey was conducted at all 16 subdistricts across four provinces in Northern Midlands and mountainous areas.

The cost of implementing Vietnam's national plan of action for nutrition for 2017-2020.

Background: There is an urgent need to carry out a costing exercise of the National Plan of Action for Nutrition (NPAN) 2017-2020 since the costing of nutrition-sensitive interventions was not entirely integrated and proved difficult to track the different sectors' contributions to the nutrition program.

Objective: To estimate the required budget for the activities of the NPAN in 2017-2020.

Methods: A standard ingredients approach activity-based costing was employed from the provider perspective.