Demand and supply factors of iron-folic acid supplementation and its association with anaemia in North Indian pregnant women.

Anaemia prevalence in pregnant women of India declined from 57.9% to 50.3% from National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-3 to NFHS-4. However, over the course of that decade, the uptake of iron and folic acid (IFA) supplementation for 100 days of pregnancy improved by only 15%. To understand demand side...

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Main Authors: Jithin Sam Varghese, Sumathi Swaminathan, Anura V Kurpad, Tinku Thomas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210634