Seminar on anemia among women

Seminar on anemia among women

LOMBOK, West Nusa Tenggara: A seminar on anemia among women of
reproductive age will be held today in Selong, East Lombok, to be
attended by 130 village midwives who deal with the women every
day.

The seminar has been organized by the Program for Appropriate
Technology in Health (PATH) in cooperation with the state
pharmaceutical company PT Kimia Farma state pharmaceutical
company, and the local branch of the Indonesian Midwives
Association.

Four experts will provide up-to-date information on the
importance of regular consumption of iron tablets for women and
adolescent girls.

According to the Ministry of Health, an estimated 50 percent
to 70 percent of women in Indonesia suffer from anemia due to
iron deficiency. Women require two times more iron than men, due
to, among others, lack of iron rich food in their diet, monthly
menstrual blood loss, pregnancy and childbirth.

The seminar coincides with the introduction of the new iron
tablet, Aktifon.