BACKGROUND In Mexico, as in other developing countries, micronutrient deficiencies are common in infants between 6 and 24 months of age and are an important public health problem. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of anemia and of iron, folic acid, and zinc deficiencies in Mexican children under 2 years of age who use the health care services provided by the Mexican In...

BACKGROUND In Mali, an estimated 73% of pregnant women are anaemic largely due to iron deficiency. National policy recommends women to take iron and folic acid supplements daily from first prenatal contact until 3 months postpartum. However, many pregnant women in Mali could benefit from multiple micronutrient supplements. OBJECTIVE To assess pregnant women's acceptability of and adherence to...

BACKGROUND Multiple micronutrient deficiencies during pregnancy in Vietnam may contribute to poor fetal growth and stunting, which are major determinants of the health and development offuture generations. OBJECTIVE We assessed the effects of prenatal multiple micronutrient supplementation on maternal weight gain during pregnancy, infant birthweight, and height of the child at around 2 years ...

hypercoagulable states are a group of conditions associated with an enhanced tendency toward blood clotting. although usual clinical manifestations of hypercoagulable states are thrombotic events such as deep venous thrombosis, hematoma can also occurs as a result of hypercoagulability in some patients. several inherited or acquired conditions may lead to hypercoagulable states. some of them in...

BACKGROUND Iron deficiency, anemia and hookworm disease are important public health problems for women of reproductive age living in developing countries and affect the health of newborns and infants. Iron supplementation and deworming treatment are effective in addressing these problems in both pregnant and non-pregnant women. Daily iron supplementation and deworming after the first trimester ...

The article "Considerations on the food fortification policy in Brazil" (1) published in this issue of the Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia (Journal of Hematology and Hemotherapy) questions whether the mandate to enrich food will or will not worsen the health of individuals that suffer from iron excess-related conditions. Another aspect questioned by this article is whether there...

BACKGROUND An independent Systematic Review Team performed a meta-analysis of 12 randomized, controlled trials comparing multiple micronutrients with daily iron-folic acid supplementation during pregnancy. OBJECTIVE To provide an independent interpretation of the policy and program implications of the results of the meta-analysis. METHODS A group of policy and program experts performed an i...

BACKGROUND Iron deficiency anaemia remains a major nutritional problem among adolescents in India. The weekly iron and folic acid supplementation programme was launched in Kerala in 2013-14. We aimed to estimate the prevalence of anaemia among schoolchildren in Kollam district, Kerala and determine the associated factors. METHODS The haemoglobin level of 1600 boys and 1600 girls belonging to ...

I . Weanling rats were fed on an iron-deficient diet without added folic acid and litter-mate controls received the same diet supplemented with Fe. Groups of deficient and control animals were killed at intervals of up to 88 days and glutamate formiminotransferase activity in liver and folic acid activity in liver and serum were measured. 2. No differences were found between the results from th...