Improving the quality of nutrition and healthcare for women and adolescent girls in Indonesia
2015 - 2020
Working with our partners in Indonesia, we prevent anaemia, reduce pregnancy complications and deaths, and reduce neural tube defects through iron-folic acid supplements and wheat fortification.
Prevalence of anaemia in Indonesia
In Indonesia, anaemia impacts:
Wheat flour fortification and adolescent nutrition
Folate/Folic Acid
Iron
Wheat flour fortification
Nutrition International is helping the transition from using elemental iron to more effective bioavailable iron compounds in wheat flour fortification by:
Adolescent nutrition
The activities aim to reach in-school adolescents with:
The Impact
Prevention of anaemia and neural tube defects
By providing technical support in wheat flour fortification and reaching in-school adolescents with weekly iron-folic acid supplementation, Right Start Indonesia will protect millions of adolescent girls and women from anaemia and over a million newborns from neural tube defects.
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