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Assessing the Role of Micronutrient Fortification in Reducing Anemia Rates in Nigeria: A Review (www.kiu.ac.ug)

Anemia remains a major public-health burden in Nigeria, especially among children under five and women of reproductive age. Large-scale food fortification (LSFF), adding iron and other micronutrients to widely consumed staples and condiments, is recommended by WHO as a cost-effective population intervention to prevent and reduce micronutrient deficiencies, including iron deficiency anemia. Nigeria has enacted mandatory and voluntary fortification policies for staples (wheat and maize flour) and other vehicles, but program impact has been uneven due to low coverage of fortified products, compli…