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Female adolescents have a higher risk of anemia than male adolescents. The first reason is that menstruation occurs every month in female adolescents. Females who experience heavy menstrual bleeding for more than five days are likely to suffer from significant iron loss, necessitating a greater need for iron supplementation compared to those with menstrual durations of three days or less. The second reason is that female adolescents often maintain their appearance, the desire to stay slim or thin so they go on a diet and eat less. The purpose of this study was to analyze the effectiveness and safety of giving iron supplement tablets and vitamin C tablets on hemoglobin levels in the blood. This study was conducted at PP Putri Wahid Hasyim Bangil involving 100 respondents divided into 2 groups including group 1 (consuming iron supplements) and group 2 (consuming iron supplements + Vitamin C). The results of the study showed that hemoglobin levels in group 1 had an average increase from 10.6 g/dL to 11.4 g /dL, with the average difference of 0.8 g / dL. while hemoglobin levels in group 2 had an average increase from 10.5 g/dL to 11.8 g/dL, with the average difference was 1.3 g/dL. The Asymp. Sig. (2-tailed) value for Initial Hb is 0.491, which is greater than the probability value of 0.05, so it can be concluded that "Ha is rejected", while the Asymp. Sig. (2-tailed) value for Final Hb is 0.443, which is greater than the probability value of 0.05, so it can be concluded that “Ha is rejected". Thus, it can be said that in the group given iron tablets only and the group given iron tablets accompanied by vitamin C, the results of the examination between Initial Hb and Final Hb are said to be unrelated (p > 0.05), so there is no significant difference in hemoglobin levels between the 2 groups. Therefore, there was no significant change in the average increase in hemoglobin levels between the two groups.