Anaemia among adolescents: assessing a public health concern in Lao PDR.
Sengchanh KounnavongManithong VonglokhamThidatheb KounnavongDjan Daniel KwadwoDirk R EssinkPublished in: Global health action (2021)
The prevalence of anaemia in this population is of public health concern with adolescents of both sexes at risk of developing anaemia. The national nutrition programme to control and manage anaemia by distributing a weekly iron and folate supplement for adolescent girls together with a deworming programme twice per year appears to have partly successful but could be strengthened.