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Micronutrients and pregnancy; effect of supplementation on pregnancy and pregnancy outcomes: a systematic review.
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- Determination of prevalence and cause of anaemia among adolescent pregnant girls in Ussher Hospital, James Town, Ghana.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
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- Multilevel analysis of early resumption of sexual intercourse among postpartum women in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from Demographic and Health Survey Data.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Preoperative anemia and associated factors in women undergoing cesarean section at a comprehensive specialized referral hospital in Ethiopia.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Article
- Folic acid supplements and perinatal mortality in China.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Article
- Proximal determinants of suboptimal early child development during the first three years of life in socially deprived Mexican contexts.PloS one · 2023Article
- Spatial distribution and associated factors of poor tetanus toxoid immunization among pregnant women in Ethiopia: spatial and multilevel analysis.Frontiers in global women's health · 2023Article
- Dietary diversity and diet quality with gestational weight gain and adverse birth outcomes, results from a prospective pregnancy cohort study in urban Tanzania.Maternal & child nutrition · 2022Article
- Community food beliefs during pregnancy in rural kebeles of Ofla Woreda, Northern Ethiopia: an explorative qualitative study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Article
- Determinants of adverse birth outcomes among women delivered in public hospitals of Ethiopia, 2020.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2022Article
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- Effects of Maternal Prenatal Multi-Micronutrient Supplementation on Growth and Development until 3 Years of Age.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Maternal dietary diversity and micronutrient adequacy during pregnancy and related factors in East Gojjam Zone, Northwest Ethiopia, 2016.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2019Article
- Descriptive epidemiology of anaemia among pregnant women initiating antenatal care in rural Northern Ghana.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2019Article
- Nutritional status and dietary diversity of pregnant women in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.Health SA = SA Gesondheid · 2019Article
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Abstract
introductionEvery year more than 20 million infants are born with low birth weight worldwide. About 3.6 million infants die during the neonatal period. More than one third of child deaths are thought to be attributable to maternal and child under nutrition.
objectivesTo systematically review the effect of supplementing various combinations and types of micronutrients on the course and outcomes of pregnancy.
methodsElectronic search of Medline, Pub Med, Health Internetwork access to Research Initiative, and Google Scholar databases was conducted. Outcomes of interest were birth weight, low birth weight, small size for gestational age, prenatal mortality and neonatal mortality. After exclusion of irrelevant /incomplete ones, 17 out of 115 articles were considered for the final analysis.
findingsMajority of the articles reviewed favored the supplementation of micronutrients to pregnant mother. Some studies suggested calcium supplementation is associated with a significant protective benefit in the prevention of pre-eclampsia. The remaining articles reviewed, showed significant benefit of Multiple Micronutrients supplementation during pregnancy in reducing low birth weight, small for Gestational Age births as compared to the usual iron-folate supplements.
conclusionsSupplying micronutrients, mainly multiple micronutrients have beneficial effect in reducing the risk of low birth weight and other complications. Further studies at various combination and doses of micronutrient supplements are recommended.
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