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