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  Effect of multiple micronutrient supplementation on pregnancy and infant outcomes: a systematic review

  Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, 2012

  Supplementation with multiple micronutrients (MM) during pregnancy may result in improved pregnancy and infant outcomes. The study conducted meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials that evaluated the effects of prenatal supplementation with MM (defined as containing at least five micronutrients and typically included iron or iron and folic acid).
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  Final report on expanding accessibility of affordable user-centric phototherapy devices for neonates with severe jaundice: D-Rev

  Knowledge Partnership Programme, 2014

  This report assesses the work of D-Rev a nonprofit product company that designs, and works with local partners to deliver products that improve the lives and increase the incomes of people living on less than 24.INR/2.5 GBP per day.
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  Success factors for women's and children's health: Policy and programme highlights from 10 fast-track cuontries

  The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, 2014

  There have been substantial achievements towards MDGs 4 and 5 (to reduce child mortality and improve maternal health) from 1990 (the baseline for the MDGs) to 2014.
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  Development and acceptability testing of ready-to-use supplementary food made from locally available food ingredients in Bangladesh

  BioMed Central, 2014

  Inadequate energy and micronutrient intake during childhood is a major public health problem in developing countries. Ready-to-use supplementary food (RUSF) made of locally available food ingredients can improve micronutrient status and growth of children. The objective of this study was to develop RUSF using locally available food ingredients and test their acceptability.
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  AMA ‘Aponjon’ Formative Research Report

  Johns Hopkins University Global mHealth Initiative, 2013

  The Aponjon initiative (meaning close one/dear one) was launched under the Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action in December 2012 after a formative research phase.
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  Living testimony: obstetric fistula and inequities in maternal health

  Family Care International, 2007

  Obstetric fistula is an injury to the birth canal, resulting from prolonged labour, that has devastating physical and psychological effects on women’s lives. Its persistence reveals vast inequities in access to and quality of reproductive health care.
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  Multiple micronutrient supplementation during pregnancy in low-income countries: a meta-analysis of effects on stillbirths and on early and late neonatal mortality

  United Nations University, 2009

  Multiple micronutrient deficiencies are common among women in low-income countries and may adversely affect pregnancy outcomes. This study aimed to conduct a meta-analysis of the effects on stillbirths, early and late neonatal mortality of multiple micronutrient (MMN) compared with iron and folic acid (Fe + FA) supplementation during pregnancy in recent randomised controlled trials.
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  Fighting maternal and child malnutrition: analysing the political and institutional determinants of delivering a national multi-sectoral response in six countries: a synthesis paper

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2013

  Governance is a critical yet understudied component in the nutrition agenda, according to this paper’s authors. The paper uses a political economy approach to examine questions around the progress or lack thereof toward nutrition goals in six countries: Bangladesh, Brazil, Ethiopia, India, Peru and Zambia.
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  Iron and zinc supplementation promote motor development and exploratory behaviour among Bangladeshi infants

  American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2004

  Iron and zinc deficiency are prevalent during infancy in low-income countries. The objectives of this study were to examine whether a weekly supplement of iron, zinc, iron and zinc, or a micronutrient mix (MM) of 16 vitamins and minerals would alter infant development and behaviour.
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  The impact of out-of-pocket expenditures on poverty and inequalities in use of maternal and child health services in Bangladesh: evidence from the household income and expenditure surveys 2000–2010

  Asian Development Bank, 2012

  The Government of Bangladesh is committed to ensuring access of its population to adequate healthcare services. However, substantial inequalities exist in maternal and child health outcomes in Bangladesh, with child and maternal mortality rates being much higher in the poorest families than in the non-poor.

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