Antenatal multiple micronutrient supplementation: call to action for change in recommendation

Megan W Bourassa¹, Saskia J M Osendarp², Seth Adu-Afarwuah³, Saima Ahmed¹, Clayton Ajello⁴, Gilles Bergeron¹, Robert Black⁵, Parul Christian^{5

6}, Simon Cousens⁷, Saskia de Pee^{8

9

10}, Kathryn G Dewey¹¹, Shams El Arifeen¹², Reina Engle-Stone¹¹, Alison Fleet¹³, Alison D Gernand¹⁴, John Hoddinott¹⁵, Rolf Klemm^{4

16}, Klaus Kraemer¹⁷, Roland Kupka¹⁸, Erin McLean, Sophie E Moore¹⁹, Lynnette M Neufeld²⁰, Lars-Åke Persson²¹, Kathleen M Rasmussen¹⁵, Anuraj H Shankar^{22

23}, Emily Smith^{24

25}, Christopher R Sudfeld²⁴, Emorn Udomkesmalee²⁶, Stephen A Vosti¹¹

Affiliations

¹ The New York Academy of Sciences, New York, New York.
² Micronutrient Forum, Washington, D.C.
³ Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
⁴ The Vitamin Angels Alliance, Inc., Santa Barbara, California.
⁵ Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁶ Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington.
⁷ London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
⁸ Division of Human Nutrition and Health, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands.
⁹ UN World Food Programme, Rome, Italy.
¹⁰ Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts.
¹¹ Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Davis, Davis, California.
¹² International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
¹³ UNICEF, Copenhagen, Denmark.
¹⁴ The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania.
¹⁵ Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
¹⁶ Helen Keller International, Baltimore, Maryland.
¹⁷ Sight and Life Foundation, Basel, Switzerland.
¹⁸ UNICEF, New York, New York.
¹⁹ Department of Women and Children's Health, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
²⁰ Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition GAIN, Geneva, Switzerland.
²¹ London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
²² Summit Institute of Development, Mataram, Indonesia.
²³ Nuffield Department of Medicine, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
²⁴ Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
²⁵ Departments of Global Health, and Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
²⁶ Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand.

PMID: 31691295
PMCID: PMC7053381
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.14271

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Antenatal multiple micronutrient supplementation: call to action for change in recommendation

Megan W Bourassa et al. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2020 Apr.

. 2020 Apr;1465(1):5-7.

doi: 10.1111/nyas.14271. Epub 2019 Nov 5.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ The New York Academy of Sciences, New York, New York.
² Micronutrient Forum, Washington, D.C.
³ Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
⁴ The Vitamin Angels Alliance, Inc., Santa Barbara, California.
⁵ Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁶ Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington.
⁷ London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
⁸ Division of Human Nutrition and Health, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands.
⁹ UN World Food Programme, Rome, Italy.
¹⁰ Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts.
¹¹ Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Davis, Davis, California.
¹² International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
¹³ UNICEF, Copenhagen, Denmark.
¹⁴ The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania.
¹⁵ Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
¹⁶ Helen Keller International, Baltimore, Maryland.
¹⁷ Sight and Life Foundation, Basel, Switzerland.
¹⁸ UNICEF, New York, New York.
¹⁹ Department of Women and Children's Health, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
²⁰ Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition GAIN, Geneva, Switzerland.
²¹ London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
²² Summit Institute of Development, Mataram, Indonesia.
²³ Nuffield Department of Medicine, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
²⁴ Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
²⁵ Departments of Global Health, and Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
²⁶ Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand.

PMID: 31691295
PMCID: PMC7053381
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.14271

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Comment on

Antenatal multiple micronutrient supplementation: where are the long-term benefits?
Devakumar D, Osrin D, Sachdev HS, Prost A. Devakumar D, et al. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2020 Apr;1465(1):8-9. doi: 10.1111/nyas.14272. Epub 2019 Nov 5. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2020. PMID: 31691300 No abstract available.

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