Open AccessA School-Based Weekly Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation Program Effectively Reduces Anemia in a Prospective Cohort of Ghanaian Adolescent Girls
Author(s) -
Lucas Gosdin,
Andrea J. Sharma,
Katie Tripp,
Esi Foriwa Amoaful,
Abraham Bangamsi Mahama,
Lilian Selenje,
Maria Elena Jefferds,
Reynaldo Martorell,
Usha Ramakrishnan,
O. Yaw Addo
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.463
H-Index - 265
eISSN - 1541-6100
pISSN - 0022-3166
DOI - 10.1093/jn/nxab024
Subject(s) - medicine , anemia , hemoglobin , context (archaeology) , logistic regression , odds ratio , pediatrics , confounding , cohort , environmental health , demography , paleontology , sociology , biology
School-based iron and folic acid (IFA) supplementation is recommended for adolescent girls in countries with high burdens of anemia.
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