Prevention of anemia

By 2030, the Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene, with the support of its partners, is committed to improving the coverage of iron supplementation programs targeting pregnant women, and to developing awareness on good eating practices to reduce the prevalence of anaemia in women of childbearing age. It will be a question of ensuring national coverage of the Iron Folic Acid Tablet Endowment programs; ensure prolonged (over time) coverage in the most at-risk regions; to ensure the awareness of women at the level of health facilities during prenatal consultations (consumption of iron-rich foods, use of insecticide-treated mosquito nets, etc.) throughout the territory; to develop at Community level measures to promote iron-rich foods and to clean up the environment (stagnant water, waste water). To advocate for systematic deworming for pregnant women. To facilitate the monitoring of the commitment, a focus is made on the coverage of supplementation programs for pregnant women; the indicator is collected during the DHS or SMART survey. An EDS (Demographic and Health Survey) survey is to be conducted in 2025; it will provide a present value for the indicator. A new measure will be required in 2030 or earlier to measure progress and achievement of the target. The level of implementation of other prevention actions will be considered when assessing progress before the next N4G summit.