"With Good Nutrition She'll Grow Into It" campaign launched in Indonesia
July 18, 2019
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.
2.2M
anaemia cases will be averted among adolescent girls and women
1.8M
newborns will be protected from neural tube defects
307K
girls consumed the recommended weekly iron-folic acid supplementation scheme
Countries
How We Help
Adolescent nutrition, Behaviour Change, Fortification, Nutrition Education, Supplementation
Micronutrients
Partners
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.
2.2M
anaemia cases will be averted among adolescent girls and women
1.8M
newborns will be protected from neural tube defects
307K
girls consumed the recommended weekly iron-folic acid supplementation scheme
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