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Published in : 1991 Available in : English Iron deficiency anaemia is the most common nutritional disorder in the world, affecting particularly pregnant and lactating women and pre-school children. Supplementation with ferrous sulphate tablets (often including folic acid) is efficacious but problems exist with effectiveness of large scale programmes in developing countries. Nonetheless, improvement in such programmes remains the best approach for impact in the short-term among priority groups, and depends on improving all aspects of the system. Information from six operational programmes (in Burma, the Caribbean, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Zimbabwe) with recent research and evaluation experience gave background for a workshop convened by the SCN in June 1990. The components of the system from overall supply of tablets through to individual adherence were reviewed as outlined below. In this context, iron deficiency control depends on service supply and delivery and shares many of the problems of primary health care and essential drugs programmes. Central to this is the need for daily supplementation. At the same time, longer-term strategies of iron fortification and dietary modification were briefly considered. Documents : Policy_paper_No_9.pdf (PDF, 359.79Kb) Originally posted at : UNSCN - Publications |
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This resource is listed under: Themes : Breastfeeding, general, Diet and lifestyle, general, Interventions, general, Micronutrients, general, Nutrition and health/disease, general, Nutrition assessments and M&E, general, Undernutrition, general, Vulnerable groups, general, Biochemical, Deworming, Iron / Anaemia, Malaria, Maternal undernutrition / LBW, Micronutrient deficiencies, Micronutrient deficiencies, Micronutrient Supplementation, Micronutrient Supplementation, Micronutrient Supplementation, Monitoring and evaluation, Monitoring and evaluation, Nutritional requirements, Nutritional requirements , Therapeutic feeding, RUF/RUTF, Therapeutic feeding, RUF/RUTF, Treatment of severe acute malnutrition, Treatment of severe acute malnutrition, Women and girls Life-cycle focus : Pregnancy, Infancy, Pre-school age, Adolescence, Adulthood Resource types : Normative guidance: Norms, standards, policies, Peer reviewed journals or papers, Reports, Scientific/background documents Locations : Caribbean, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand Working groups : Breastfeeding and complementary feeding, Household Food Security, Micronutrients, Nutrition Throughout the Lifecycle |
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