Weekly Iron-Folic Acid Supplementation to Improve Iron Status and Prevent Pregnancy Anemia in Filipino Women of Reproductive Age: The Philippine Experience through Government and Private Partnership

Abstract

With the participation of the government and private sectors in the Philippines, weekly iron-folic acid supplementation introduced within a social marketing framework and a social mobilization campaign successfully improved knowledge and practice of buying and regularly taking supplements by women of reproductive age, both pregnant and non-pregnant. Adolescent girls in school were also active participants.