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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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  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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  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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  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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  Childhood overweight and obesity among Kenyan pre-school children: association with maternal and early child nutritional factors

  Cambridge University, 2009

  This study aimed to report on the prevalence of overweight and obesity among pre-school children in Kenya and examine the associations between childhood overweight and selected maternal and child-related factors.
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  Early childhood stunting is associated with poor psychological functioning in late adolescence and effects are reduced by psychosocial stimulation

  Journal of Nutrition, 2007

  Stunting is associated with deficits in cognition and school achievement from early childhood to late adolescence; however, there has been little investigation of emotional and behavioral outcomes. This study aims to determine whether linear growth retardation (stunting) in early childhood is associated with poorer psychological functioning in late adolescence.
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  Cohort profile: the consortium of health-orientated research in transitioning societies

  Oxford Journals, 2012

  This paper provides an overview of the consortium of health orientated research in transitioning societies. The collaboration brings together five birth cohorts for which there is available long-term data from low- andmiddle-income countries. The aims of the collaboration are:
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  Comparative risk assessment collaborating group: selected major risk factors and global and regional burden of disease

  The Lancet, 2002

  Reliable and comparable analysis of risks to health is key for preventing disease and injury. Causal attribution of morbidity and mortality to risk factors has traditionally been in the context of individual risk factors, often in a limited number of settings, restricting comparability.

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