In Indonesia, anaemia impacts:

• 37.1% of pregnant women
• 26% of adolescent girls and women (15 to 49)
• 18.4% of adolescent girls and young women (15 to 24)
• 47.5% of children under five

Wheat flour fortification

Nutrition International is helping the transition from using elemental iron to more effective bioavailable iron compounds in wheat flour fortification by:

• Providing technical support
• Supporting government in improving and strengthening its national flour fortification program

Adolescent nutrition

The activities aim to reach in-school adolescents with:

• Weekly iron-folic acids supplements for adolescent girls
• Gender-sensitive nutrition education and counselling for girls and boys
• Gender analysis-informed behaviour change intervention strategies for adolescent girls, teachers, parents and other influencers to raise awareness of the risk of anaemia and the importance of adolescent nutrition