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May 11, 2020

Complementary Feeding Diets Made of Local Foods Can Be Optimized, but Additional Interventions Will Be Needed to Meet Iron and Zinc Requirements in 6- to 23-Month-Old Children in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Researchers reviewed twenty-three articles to evaluate whether nutrient requirements in children (6 to 23 months) living in low- and middle-income countries can be met by the consumption of locally av

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May 10, 2020

Characterisation of anaemia and associated factors among infants and pre-schoolers from rural India

The present study aimed to distinguish anaemia and the associated factors among 476 infants (6-12 months) and 316 pre-schoolers (aged 29-56 months) and their mothers

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May 10, 2020

Best Practice Paper: Micronutrient Fortification (Iron and Salt Iodization)

In the Copenhagen Consensus, 2008, a group of world‐renowned economists ranked food fortification with iron and iodine as a top public health intervention priority for countries using benefit‐cost...

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May 10, 2020

Barriers and enablers for iron folic acid (IFA) supplementation in pregnant women

This paper reviews and summarizes the barriers and enablers for improved coverage and utilization of iron and folic acid (IFA) supplements by pregnant women in 7 countries in Africa and Asia.

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May 10, 2020

Association between knowledge and compliance of taking iron/folic acid supplements during pregnancy

This analysis aimed to examine the extent to which improved knowledge of Iron and Folic Acid (IFA) supplementation is associated with women’s compliance with taking a minimum of 90 IFA tablets during

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May 10, 2020

Association between adherence to iron intake and anaemia prevalence among women in Cambodia and India: New evidence from recent Global Demographic and Health Surveys

The objective of this paper was to study the intake of iron and folic acid in relation to anaemia prevalence in India and Cambodia.

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May 10, 2020

Adolescent girls’ nutrition and anaemia prevention: a school-based multi-sectoral collaboration in Indonesia

This paper highlights lessons learned from a school-based multi-sectoral collaboration demonstration project based in Indonesia to implement the revised national weekly iron and folic acid policy.

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May 1, 2020

Iron-fortified lentils to improve iron (Fe) status among adolescent girls in Bangladesh - study protocol for a double-blind community-based randomized controlled trial

This is a protocol of a study that aims to establish novel evidence of the efficacy of the consumption of iron-fortified lentils in improving the body iron status and thus cognitive performance in non

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May 1, 2020

Identifying Nutrition and Health-Relevant Behaviors, Beliefs, and Values of School-Going Adolescent Girls in Rural Bangladesh: Context for Interventions

This study describes the nutrition-relevant context required for effective intervention planning with a special emphasis on iron because anemia has been identified as a significant problem in adolesce

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Field Stories

April 21, 2020

Midwife in Nigeria uses nutrition knowledge to help women have safer, healthier pregnancies

Rita Momoh is a nurse-midwife at a hospital in Abuja, Nigeria. With 15 years of experience and two children of her own, she understands the struggles facing pregnant women in the country.

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