Vol. 3, Issue 10, Part B (2017)

Results: Adolescent girls studying in schools face a severe problem of iron deficiency anaemia. A study conducted on teenagers found that 63.8% of females were diagnosed with anaemia. Another study conducted by Shaw NS40 demonstrated a higher incidence of iron deficiency in teenage girls, with a frequency of 61.8% for anaemia in adolescent girls. The findings of our study indicate that around 68.3% of young teenage girls exhibited anaemia, with a similar prevalence seen. Among the girls, 49.4% had mild anaemia, 18.9% had moderate anaemia, and 1.2% had severe anaemia.

Conclusion: Weekly administration of Fe/Folate supplemented with Vitamin C resulted in a more rapid increase in haemoglobin levels in children with anaemia. Proposed that implementing a public health strategy involving the weekly administration of iron/folate supplemented with Vitamin C through supervised schools may be a more effective approach compared to providing weekly iron/folate alone to address anaemia in adolescent girls.