ArticleSSM - population health2016
Why is multiple micronutrient powder ineffective at reducing anaemia among 12-24 month olds in Colombia? Evidence from a randomised controlled trial.
Article in SSM - population health, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03313089 (Nutritional Impact of a Project on Food Security and Nutrition in Children of 6 Months to 5 Years of Age Receiving Home Fortification With Micronutrient Powders in Nariño, Colombia), which is not on this map. Cited by 14 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Nutritional Impact of a Project on Food Security and Nutrition in Children of 6 Months to 5 Years of Age Receiving Home Fortification With Micronutrient Powders in Nariño, Colombia
Who cites it
14 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.
- Do Cash Transfer Programmes Affect Child Anaemia? Results From a Meta-Analysis.Maternal & child nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- Home fortification of foods with multiple micronutrient powders for health and nutrition in children under two years of age.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Impact of interventions delivered from preconception till early childhood on anemia in children.Pediatric research · 2026Trial
- Micronutrient Powders Combined With Malaria Chemoprevention to Improve Anaemia and Cognitive Function in Early Childhood in Mali: A Cluster-Randomised Trial.Maternal & child nutrition · 2025Trial
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- Using community health workers to deliver a scalable integrated parenting program in rural China: A cluster-randomized controlled trial.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2019Trial
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- The effect of a micronutrient powder home fortification program on anemia and cognitive outcomes among young children in rural China: a cluster randomized trial.BMC public health · 2017Trial
- A Mixed-Methods Study of Factors Influencing Access to and Use of Micronutrient Powders in Rwanda.Global health, science and practice · 2021Article
- Cost-effectiveness of a market-based home fortification of food with micronutrient powder programme in Bangladesh.Public health nutrition · 2021Article
- Net benefit and cost-effectiveness of universal iron-containing multiple micronutrient powders for young children in 78 countries: a microsimulation study.The Lancet. Global health · 2020Article
- An Integrated Infant and Young Child Feeding and Micronutrient Powder Intervention Does Not Affect Anemia, Iron Status, or Vitamin A Status among Children Aged 12-23 Months in Eastern Uganda.The Journal of nutrition · 2020Article
- The Impact of Local Agrobiodiversity and Food Interventions on Cost, Nutritional Adequacy, and Affordability of Women and Children's Diet in Northern Kenya: A Modeling Exercise.Frontiers in nutrition · 2020Article
- Consumption of Fortified Wheat Flour and Associations with Anemia and Low Serum Ferritin in Colombia.Perspectivas en nutricion humana : organo de divulgacion academica de la Escuela de Nutricion y Dietetica de la Universidad de AntioquiaArticle
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Abstract
In Colombia's bottom socio-economic strata, 46.6% of children under two are anaemic. A prevalence of above 20% falls within the WHO guidelines for daily supplementation with multiple micronutrient powder (MNP). To evaluate the effect of daily MNP supplementation on anaemia amongst Colombian children aged 12-24 months we ran a cluster RCT (
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