A Novel Approach to Evaluating the Iron and Folate Status of Women of Reproductive Age in Uzbekistan after 3 Years of Flour Fortification with Micronutrients
Lauren HundHarvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of AmericaChristine A. Northrop‐ClewesGlobal Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), Geneva, SwitzerlandR. NazarioInstituto de Investigación Nutricional, Lima, PerúD SuleymanovaMinistry of Health, Research Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Tashkent, UzbekistanLusine MirzoyanJoint Projects Implementation Bureau “Health-2” and “Woman and Child Health Development” Tashkent, UzbekistanMunira IrisovaMarcello PaganoJoseph J. ValadezLiverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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The Uzbekistan 1996 Demographic Health Survey reported 60.4% of women of reproductive age (WRA) had low hemoglobin concentrations (,120 g/L), and anemia was an important public health problem. Fortification of wheat flour was identified as an appropriate intervention to address anemia due to the ubiquitous consumption of wheat flour. A National Flour Fortification Program (NFFP) was implemented in 2005.
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