Making the case driven decisions for Adolescent Nutrition Programs: New tools for data

Marion Roche, Nutrition International

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Iron-deficiency anaemia number one

cause of DALYs for adolescent girls

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Intermittent iron supplementation reduces the risk of having anaemia by 27%

(RR 0.73; 95% CI 0.56 to 0.95, 10 trials)

Fernandez-Gaxiola AC, De-Regil LM. Intermittent iron supplementation for reducing anaemia and its associated impairments in menstruating women. Cochrane 2011.

Evidence for WIFAS

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Modeling Impact in NI’s Adolescent

Nutrition Programs and Partnerships

# adolescent girls who consumed the recommended scheme of WIFAS 1.1 M in 2017

# cases of anaemia in adolescent girls averted 152 K

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1. Program Design: OMNI & Formative Research

2. Monitoring: NIMS

3. Advocacy: OMNI

Tools for Data Value Chain

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Intervention Health Impact Model

Coverage

Burden

Applying the science

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Data value chain & data-driven advocacy in Indonesia

1. Program Design: Formative Research – Engaging Adolescents

2. Monitoring: NIMS – Local Data

3. Advocacy: OMNI

Intervention: Weekly Iron Folic Acid Supplementation

Effect: 27%

Anemia Prevalence Burden Estimates: 28% (WRA GNR)

Coverage of Full scheme of WIFAS: 50,050 girls

# of cases anemia averted for girls: 3,784

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Modeling Impact of Weekly Iron Folic Acid Supplementation for Adolescent Girls

Anemia cases averted

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Economic empowerment/improvements (experimental indicators & modeling)

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Cognitive & Academic improvements (experimental indicators & modeling)

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School attendance (qualitative/quantitative)

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