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  Effects of calcium supplementation during pregnancy on maternal, fetal and birth outcomes

  2012

  This review evaluates the preventive effects of calcium supplementation during pregnancy on gestational hypertensive disorders and related maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality. Primary outcomes were pre-eclampsia, preterm birth and birthweight. The main findings are:
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  Multiple-micronutrient supplementation for women during pregnancy

  Wiley Online Library, 2006

  This review evaluates the benefits to mother and infant of multiple-micronutrient supplements in pregnancy and assess the risk of excess supplementation and potential adverse interactions between micronutrients.
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  Daily oral iron supplementation during pregnancy

  Wiley Online Library, 2012

  The purpose of this  review is to assess the effects of daily oral iron supplements for pregnant women, either alone or in conjunction with folic acid, or with other vitamins and minerals as a public health intervention. 60 trials were included.
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  Intermittent iron supplementation for reducing anaemia and its associated impairments in menstruating women

  Wiley Online Library, 2011

  This review assesses the effects of intermittent oral iron supplementation, alone or in combination with other nutrients, on anaemia and its associated impairments in menstruating women, compared with no intervention, a placebo or daily supplementation.
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  Folic acid supplementation during pregnancy for maternal health and pregnancy outcomes

  Wiley Online Library, 2013

  This review assesses the evidence for oral folic acid supplementation during pregnancy on pregnancy outcomes such as preterm births, birthweight, neonatal deaths and anaemia. The effects of folic acid supplementation are compared with supplementation with other micronutrients or with no folic acid (placebo).Main results
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  Effects and safety of periconceptional folate supplementation for preventing birth defects

  Wiley Online Library, 2010

  This review updates and expands a previous Cochrane Review assessing the effects of periconceptional supplementation with folic acid to reduce neural tube defects (NTDs). We examined whether folate supplementation before and during early pregnancy can reduce neural tube and other birth defects (including cleft palate) without causing adverse outcomes for mothers or babies.
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  Effects of maternal multiple micronutrient supplementation on fetal growth: a double-blind randomized controlled trial in rural Burkina Faso

  American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2008

  This paper describes a study which tested whether providing pregnant women with the UNICEF/WHO/UNU international multiple micronutrient preparation (UNIMMAP), rather than iron and folic acid alone, improved fetal growth and its correlates. The randomized controlled trial included 1426 pregnancies and was carried out in rural Burkina Faso. Tablet intake was directly observed.
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  Analyzing inter-sectoral convergence to improve child undernutrition in India: Development and application of a framework to examine policies in agriculture, health and nutrition

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2012

  Currently in India, a major challenge in reducing undernutrition is bringing sectors together to deliver for a common goal. In this paper the authors describe a possible framework to enable convergence across sectors for action on nutrition.
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  Accelerating reductions in undernutrition: what can nutrition governance tell us?

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2012

  This paper uses a political economy approach to examine questions around the lack of progress toward nutrition goals in six countries: Bangladesh, Brazil, Ethiopia, India, Peru and Zambia. All have medium to strong nutrition governance indicators, but only some are on track to meet the Millennium Development Goal and others have made no progress at all.
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  Investments to reduce hunger and undernutrition

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2012

  The authors argue that global hunger can be solved, but that the approach should be a multi-faceted one. They present background information to contextualise the solutions they propose and point to the need to predict future hunger trends.

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