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NUTRITION REVIEWS
Volume 63, Issue 12, Pages S87-S94Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1301/nr.2005.dec.S87-S94
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anemia; weekly iron-folic acid supplementation; women of reproductive age; social mobilization; Vietnam
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Community-based social marketing and mobilization increased knowledge and participation in preventive weekly iron-folic acid supplementation among women of reproductive age in Vietnam. Rates of buying and taking the weekly supplement containing 60 mg elemental iron and 3.5 mg folic acid among non-pregnant women of reproductive age was between 55% and 92%. Free distribution to pregnant women of the weekly supplement containing 120 mg iron and 3.5 mg folic acid covered almost all pregnant women during the project. In developing countries where community women's groups and health networks are strong, preventive supplementation can be successfully promoted to encourage active participation in the prevention and control of iron-deficiency anemia.
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