A School-Based Weekly Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation Program Effectively Reduces Anemia in a Prospective Cohort of Ghanaian Adolescent Girls.

Lucas, Gosdin,; Andrea J, Sharma,; Katie, Tripp,; Esi Foriwa, Amoaful,; Abraham B, Mahama,; Lilian, Selenje,; Maria Elena, Jefferds,; Reynaldo, Martorell,; Usha, Ramakrishnan,; O Yaw, Addo,

doi:10.1093/jn/nxab024

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A School-Based Weekly Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation Program Effectively Reduces Anemia in a Prospective Cohort of Ghanaian Adolescent Girls.

Published in The Journal of nutrition • Jun 1, 2021

Authors:

Gosdin, Lucas

Sharma, Andrea J

Tripp, Katie

Abstract

BACKGROUND: School-based iron and folic acid (IFA) supplementation is recommended for adolescent girls in countries with high burdens of anemia. OBJECTIVES: We aimed to evaluate the context-specific effectiveness of a school-based, integrated anemia control program with IFA supplementation in Ghana....

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adolescent anemia

adolescent females

folic acid

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