Community Mobilization and Social Marketing to Promote Weekly Iron-Folic Acid Supplementation in Women of Reproductive Age in Vietnam: Impact on Anemia and Iron Status

• Main Authors: Jacques Berger, Hoang Thi Kim Thanh, Tommaso Cavalli-Sforza, Suttilak Smitasiri, Nguyen Cong Khan, Silvano Milani, Pham Thuy Hoa, Nguyen Dinh Quang, Fernando Viteri
• Other Authors: IRD Centre de Montpellier
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Medicine; Nursing
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/16731
• Institution: Mahidol University

The community mobilization and social marketing program promoting a preventive approach of weekly iron-folic acid supplementation in women of reproductive age improved iron status of non-pregnant women in Vietnam. Three to six months of weekly pre-pregnancy supplementation and regular weekly intake...