Abstract
Lower Hb level in anemia is one of the health problems that sometimes occur in adolescent girls compared to males characterized by menstruation cycle and miscocundcut of eating behaviors. Reduction of learing concentration a nd reduction of health and reduction of growth and body weight. The long effect of maternal death, lower body weight of newborn with lower body weight. This present study assesses the effectiveness of supplementation of iron, vitamin C and vitamin A for adolescent girls attending Senior High Schools in Medan, North Sumatera, Indonesia. Sampling technique used stratified sampling method. In Indonesia, the prevalence of anemia is signidcantly high that achieve 57.1%. This study aims to increase Hb levels of anemic adolescent girls using the treatment of Fe, vitamin C and vitamin A. 
 
 The type of the study was experimental using randomized experimental control. The total samples were 140 respondents and samples were divided into three groups. Data were analyzed usingt-test and Anova.
 
 Results of the study revealed that the treatment of Fe and vitamin A had higher mean Hb level compared to two other treatment groups.
Highlights
Anemia is the condition characterized by inadequate red blood cells and/or hemoglobin in the blood (De, 2001, p.1)
This study aims to increase Hb levels of anemic adolescent girls using the treatment of Fe, vitamin C and vitamin A
Other study revealed that the treatment of 50 mg vitamin C every day for 8 weeks could improved that Fe status, the treatment of supplementation of 2 g vitamin C for adolescents did not show significant effect of Fe status (Ridwan, 2012)
Summary
Anemia is the condition characterized by inadequate red blood cells and/or hemoglobin in the blood (De, 2001, p.1). Symptoms of anemia depend upon whether the anemia is sudden in onset, severe hemorrhage, or gradual. The color of the skin may be misleading, except in cases due to severe hemorrhage, as the skin of many Caucasian people is normally pale. When the onset of the anemia is sudden, the patient complains of weakness and giddiness, and loses consciousness if he or she tries to stand or sit up. The tongue is often sore (glossitis) and the nails of the fingers may be brittle and concave instead of convex (koilonychia). There may be slight enlargement of the spleen, and there is usually some diminution in gastric acidity (Markovitch, 2005, pp. 33-35)
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