Coverage of antenatal iron-folic acid and calcium distribution during pregnancy and their contextual determinants in the northeastern region of India.

ABSTRACT: Iron-folic acid (IFA) and calcium supplementation are nutritional interventions recommended prophylactically (against maternal anemia and preeclampsia, respectively) to all antenatal mothers in India under basic antenatal care (ANC) services. Using Health Management Information System data (reporting period: 2018-19 to 2020-21), we mapped the coverage of antenatal IFA and calcium distribution across the remote northeastern region of India relative to the number of pregnant women (PW) who registered for ANC, disaggregated by states and districts. Variations in coverage were also investigated by subgroups based on contextual attributes, viz., physiography (hilly/ plateau/ plain), socioeconomic development ("aspirational"/ "non-aspirational") and proportion of early ANC visits (low/ me

SUBMITTER: Bora K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9339897 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature