As part of the Weekly Iron-Folic Acid Supplementation (WIFS) programme in schools, an adolescent receives a single weekly tablet containing:

• A 60 mg elemental iron + 400 microgram folic acid
• B 100 mg elemental iron + 500 microgram folic acid ✓
• C 30 mg elemental iron + 250 microgram folic acid
• D 150 mg elemental iron + 800 microgram folic acid

Explanation

WIFS targets school-going adolescent girls and boys (classes VI to XII) and out-of-school adolescent girls, giving 100 mg elemental iron plus 500 microgram folic acid once weekly throughout the year, along with biannual albendazole deworming for girls. The weekly regimen reduces gastrointestinal side effects compared with daily dosing. The 60 mg plus 400 microgram tablet is the DAILY prophylactic dose for pregnant women, and confusing the two regimens is the classic examination error.

Reference: Park's Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine, 27th ed.

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