Preventive Iron and Iron-Folic Acid Doses (WHO)
Gives WHO preventive iron doses by group.
Open the tool → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.
Example
- Group
- Child 24-59 months
- Anemia prevalence in this group locally
- 40% or more
- Child on RUTF for severe acute malnutrition
- No
Result: Elemental iron 30 mg every day for three consecutive months a year (drops, syrup or tablets).
The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.
What you enter
- Group
- Anemia prevalence in this group locally
- Child on RUTF for severe acute malnutrition
- Pregnancy: hemoglobin, g/L (optional)
- Pregnancy: trimester
- Pregnancy: daily iron tolerated
- Preterm or low-birth-weight infant: weight in kg
How this is calculated
Citation
WHO. Guideline: daily iron supplementation in infants and children (2016) and in adult women and adolescent girls (2016); WHO antenatal care recommendations (2016), A.2.1-A.2.2; WHO preterm and LBW care (2022), A.10a. Read the source ↗
A reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice, and not a substitute for clinician judgment.