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Round-up: Five reasons periods need to be part of adolescent nutrition conversations
May 27, 2025
The document provides an overview of Adolescent and Women’s Health and Nutrition (AWHN) Program supported by Nutrition International in eight countries of Asia and Africa. It briefly summarizes program approach, country coverage data/potential reach for weekly iron and folic acid supplementation (WIFAS) among adolescent girls (2015-2021) and key partners and donors supporting the program. The program aims to improve the health and wellbeing of adolescents by reducing anaemia in adolescent girls through WIFAS and enabling adolescents to be empowered through gender-responsive nutrition education.