Multiple-micronutrient supplementation: Evidence from large-scale prenatal programmes on coverage, compliance and impact.

ABSTRACT: Micronutrient deficiencies during pregnancy pose important challenges for public-health, given the potential adverse outcomes not only during pregnancy but across the life-course. Provision of iron-folic acid (IFA) supplements is the strategy most commonly practiced and recommended globally. How to successfully implement IFA and multiple micronutrient supplementation interventions among pregnant women and to achieve sustainable/permanent solutions to prenatal micronutrient deficiencies remain unresolved issues in many countries. This paper aims to analyse available experiences of prenatal IFA and multiple micronutrient interventions to distil learning for their effective planning and large-scale implementation. Relevant articles and programme-documentation were comprehensively identified f

SUBMITTER: Berti C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6865895 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature