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Perspective: Weekly Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation (WIFAS): A Critical Review and Rationale for Inclusion in the Essential Medicines List to Accelerate Anemia and Neural Tube Defects Reduction

Weekly iron and folic acid supplementation (WIFAS) is among the 8 key effective actions for improving adolescent nutrition included by the WHO in the 2018 guidelines. However, at present WIFAS in the WHO-recommended formulation is not included in the Model Essential Medicines List (MEML), limiting t...

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Autores principales:	Roche, Marion L, Samson, Kaitlyn L I, Green, Tim J, Karakochuk, Crystal D, Martinez, Homero
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Oxford University Press 2021
Materias:	Perspective
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8009743/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33439978 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/advances/nmaa169

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