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Vitamin A supplementation does not improve maternal survival [1]

A cluster-randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial was undertaken in 7 districts of the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana to assess the effect of weekly, low dose vitamin A supplementation in women of reproductive age on pregnancy-related mortality, all-cause female mortality and survival of their babies.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2011
Ravi P. Upadhyay [2], Puneet Misra [3]
National Medical Journal of India [4]
24
3
161-162
Tags:
Nutrition [5], Maternal Health [6], Ghana [7]
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