Multiple micronutrient supplementation cost-benefit tool for informing maternal nutrition policy and investment decisions.

ABSTRACT: Antenatal multiple micronutrient supplementation (MMS) is an intervention that can help reach three of the six global nutrition targets, either directly or indirectly: a reduction in low birth weight, stunting, and anaemia in women of reproductive age. To support global guideline development and national decision-making on investments into maternal nutrition, Nutrition International developed a modelling tool called the MMS cost-benefit tool to help users understand whether antenatal MMS is better value for money than iron and folic acid supplementation (IFAS) during pregnancy. The MMS cost-benefit tool can generate estimates on the potential health impact, budget impact, economic value, cost-effectiveness and benefit-cost ratio of investing in MMS compared to IFAS in LMICs. In the 33 coun

SUBMITTER: Verney AMJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10483938 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature