A Community-Based Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial in Rural Bangladesh to Evaluate the Impact of the Use of Iron/Folic Acid Supplements Early in Pregnancy on the Risk of Neonatal Mortality

Grant number: 1026864 | Funding period: 2012 - 2015

Completed

Abstract

This community-based trial in rural Bangladesh will determine if iron/folic acid supplementation commencing in the first trimester of pregnancy significantly reduces newborn deaths, and whether this approach is cost-effective. This trial has the potential to inform international public health policy about the importance of starting antenatal iron/folic acid supplementation early to improve neonatal survival, and to help countries reach their child survival Millennium Development Goal

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Beverley-Ann Biggs