Almost two billion people are deficient in key vitamins and minerals, mostly women and
children in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). Deficiencies worsen during …

Vitamin A (VA) deficiency during pregnancy is common in low‐income countries and a
growing number of intervention trials have examined the effects of supplementation during …

The Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) statement was developed to
improve the reporting of randomised controlled trials. It was initially published in 1996 and …

Background Vitamin A deficiency is a risk factor for blindness and for mortality from measles
and diarrhoea in children aged 6–59 months. We aimed to estimate trends in the prevalence …

Background Early breastfeeding is defined as the initiation of breastfeeding within twenty
four hours of birth. While the benefits of breastfeeding have been known for decades, only …

This article reviews the central role of nutrition in advancing the maternal, newborn, and
child health agenda with a focus on evidence for effective interventions generated using …

Conducting qualitative research within public health trials requires balancing timely data
collection with the need to maintain data quality. Verbatim transcription of interviews is the …

Background The World Health Organization recommends routine vitamin A supplementation
during pregnancy or lactation in areas with endemic vitamin A deficiency (where night …

Background The burden of maternal mortality in resource limited countries is still huge
despite being at the top of the global public health agenda for over the last 20 years. We …

Early programming is the adaptation process by which nutrition and environmental factors
alter development pathways during prenatal growth, inducing changes in postnatal …