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Weekly Iron-Folic Acid Supplementation to Improve Iron Status and Prevent Pregnancy Anemia in Filipino Women of Reproductive Age: The Philippine Experience through Government and Private Partnership |
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| Authors: | Lourdes S. Paulino Imelda Angeles-Agdeppa Unita Mari M. Etorma Adelisa C. Ramos Tommaso Cavalli-Sforza |
| Affiliation: | National Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Department of Health, Philippines;Food and Nutrition Research Institute, Department of Science and Technology, Philippines;Philippine Institute of Traditional Health Care;Bureau of Food and Drugs, Department of Health, Philippines;WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific, Manila, Philippines. |
| Abstract: | With the participation of the government and private sectors in the Philippines, weekly iron-folic acid supplementation introduced within a social marketing framework and a social mobilization campaign successfully improved knowledge and practice of buying and regularly taking supplements by women of reproductive age, both pregnant and non-pregnant. Adolescent girls in school were also active participants. |
| Keywords: | anemia weekly iron-folic acid supplementation reproductive age women government/ private partnerships |