ABSTRACT
ASIA & AFRICA. What this article is about: This article outlines the activities carried out by Nutrition International since 2015, providing weekly iron and folic acid (IFA) supplementation to adolescents residing in six separate high-risk countries. Key messages: * Despite regional supply chain challenges and the complications due to the COVID-19 pandemic, weekly programmes were successful in supporting governments to increase IFA supplementation coverage. * There remains a paucity of data on adolescent health outcomes which makes the design, implementation and monitoring of adolescent health projects particularly difficult. * Although school-based delivery models are effective at the population level, reaching adolescents who do not attend school - who are often at higher risk - remains a significant challenge. Governments should prioritise reaching these isolated groups in order to meet public health policy objectives.