Does weekly iron supplementation increase iron uptake in pregnant women and improve maternal and infant health?

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/628751

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Anaemia and iron deficiency are common in pregnant women in developing countries and cause fatigue, prematurity, low birth weight, impaired infant groowth and development. Daily iron is recommended in pregnancy but often not taken because of unpleasant side-effects. Better strategies are needed to maintain iron and haemoglobin during pregnancy. We will compare the effect of weekly and daily iron tablets in 1200 pregnant Vietnamese women on anaemia rates, birthweight, maternal and infant health.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2010

End Date: 01-01-2013

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $830,171.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Public Nutrition Intervention

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Antenatal therapy | Infant and fetal growth | Iron | Iron deficiency | Maternal and child health | Maternal depression | Maternal mental health | Nutrition in pregnancy | PGP3 | Randomised controlled trial

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