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Iron deficiency anaemia is associated with several ill-health effects. Its treatment and/or control with iron preparations in malaria endemic areas has, however, been implicated to increase host susceptibility to malaria infection. Scientific evidence accumulated to date remains…

In 2007, Bangladesh's national strategy to reduce anemia included adolescents and newly married women as target groups for iron and folic acid (IFA) supplementation. This thesis is comprised of a pilot study and a double-blinded randomized controlled trial (RCT) aimed at providi…