Ha, BTT, Mirzoev, T and Mukhopadhyay, M (2015) Shaping the Health Policy Agenda: The Case of Safe Motherhood Policy in Vietnam. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 4 (11). pp. 741-746. ISSN 2322-5939
Abstract
Background: Maternal health remains a central policy concern in Vietnam. With a commitment to achieving the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 5 target of maternal mortality rate (MMR) of 70/100 000 by 2015, the Ministry of Health (MoH) issued the National Plan for Safe Motherhood (NPSM) 2003-2010. In 2008, reproductive health, including safe motherhood (SM) became a national health target program with annual government funding. Methods: A case study of how SM emerged as a political priority in Vietnam over the period 2001-2008, drawing on Kingdon’s theory of agenda-setting was conducted. A mixed method was adopted for this study of the NPSM. Results: Three related streams contributed to SM priority in Vietnam: (1) the problem of high MMR was officially recognized from high-quality research, (2) the strong roles of policy champion from MoH in advocating for the needs to reducing MMR as well as support from government and donors, and (3) the national and international events, providing favorable context for this issue to emerge on policy agenda. Conclusion: This paper draws on the theory of agenda-setting to analyze the Vietnam experience and to develop guidance for SM a political priority in other high maternal mortality communities.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2015 Kerman University of Medical Sciences. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Keywords: | Agenda-Setting; Maternal Health; Health Policy; Political Priority; Safe Motherhood (SM) |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Medicine (Leeds) > Leeds Institute of Health Sciences (Leeds) > Nuffield Centre for International Health and Development (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number EU - European Union 517746 EU - European Union 517746 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 10 Sep 2015 12:02 |
Last Modified: | 12 Feb 2019 14:14 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.15171/ijhpm.2015.153 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Kerman University of Medical Sciences |
Identification Number: | 10.15171/ijhpm.2015.153 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:89648 |