School-Based Assessment of Micronutrient Interventions in Adolescents in Burkina Faso

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This study aims to implement and evaluate micronutrient supplementation interventions to improve adolescent nutrition, health and education in Burkina Faso. Findings from this study will clarify the optimal supplementation strategy (iron and folic acid alone or adding other essential nutrients) and ...

This study aims to implement and evaluate micronutrient supplementation interventions to improve adolescent nutrition, health and education in Burkina Faso. Findings from this study will clarify the optimal supplementation strategy (iron and folic acid alone or adding other essential nutrients) and provide a basis for scale up of national micronutrient supplementation programs to benefit the adolescent population as a whole in Burkina Faso. This will be a cluster randomized study with 3 arms. At the beginning of the academic year, 42 schools per country will be enrolled (14 schools per arm) to receive either 1) supplementation with weekly iron and folic acid (IFA); 2) supplementation with daily multiple micronutrient supplements (MMS) (including IFA); or 3) to serve as controls. Students in intervention schools will receive supplementation and students in control schools will receive the usual care (which does not include supplementation but does include existing curriculum on nutrition and water, sanitation and hygiene [WASH]). The program will be evaluated comparing effects of weekly IFA and daily MMS on anemia status, school attendance/performance, and adolescent development outcomes.

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