Adolescent girls' nutrition and prevention of anaemia: a school based multisectoral collaboration in Indonesia

Marion Leslie Roche; Louise Bury; Isma Novitasari Yusadiredja; Eriana Kartika Asri; Tutut Sri Purwanti; Sri Kusyuniati; Anjali Bhardwaj; Doddy Izwardy

doi:10.1136/bmj.k4541

Adolescent girls' nutrition and prevention of anaemia: a school based multisectoral collaboration in Indonesia

BMJ. 2018 Dec 7:363:k4541. doi: 10.1136/bmj.k4541.

Authors

Marion Leslie Roche¹, Louise Bury², Isma Novitasari Yusadiredja, Eriana Kartika Asri³, Tutut Sri Purwanti³, Sri Kusyuniati³, Anjali Bhardwaj⁴, Doddy Izwardy⁵

Affiliations

¹ Adolescents' and Women's Health and Nutrition, Nutrition International, Ottawa, Canada mroche@nutritionintl.org.
² Global Research Consultancy, Ipswich, UK.
³ Nutrition International, Jakarta, Indonesia.
⁴ Adolescents' and Women's Health and Nutrition, Nutrition International, Ottawa, Canada.
⁵ Directorate General of Public Health, Ministry of Health, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Abstract

Marion Roche and colleagues highlight lessons from a multisectoral project implementing weekly iron supplementation for adolescent girls in West Java, Indonesia, which provides a scalable model for reducing anaemia

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Anemia, Iron-Deficiency / prevention & control*
Capacity Building
Dietary Supplements*
Federal Government
Female
Government Programs*
Health Education*
Health Policy
Humans
Indonesia
Intersectoral Collaboration
Iron / administration & dosage*
Iron / supply & distribution
Program Evaluation
Stakeholder Participation

Substances

Iron