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Intermittent oral supplementation with 120 mg of elemental iron and 2800 μg (2.8 mg) of folic acid once weekly is recommended for pregnant women to improve maternal and neonatal outcomes
WHO recommendations
WHO recommendations on antenatal care for a positive pregnancy experience
If it's daily iron, it's not acceptable due to sideeffects, and in populations with an anaemia prevalence among pregnant women of less than 20%. (Context-specific recommendation). Remarks • This recommendation supersedes the previous WHO recommendation in the 2012 Guideline: intermittent iron and folic acid supplementation in non-anaemic pregnant women. • In general, anaemia prevalence of less than 20% is classified as a mild public health problem. • Before commencing intermittent iron ...
ver más ... 2019Daily oral supplementation with 30 mg to 60 mg of elemental iron and 400 μg (0.4 mg) folic acid is recommended for pregnant women to prevent maternal anaemia, puerperal sepsis, low birth weight, and ...
WHO recommendations
WHO recommendations on antenatal care for a positive pregnancy experience
(Recommended) Remarks • This recommendation supersedes the 2012 WHO Guideline: daily iron and folic acid supplementation in pregnant women and should be considered alongside Recommendation A.2.2 on intermittent iron. • In settings where anaemia in pregnant women is a severe public health problem (i.e. where at least 40% of pregnant women have a blood haemoglobin [Hb] concentration < 110 g/L), a daily dose of 60 mg of elemental iron is preferred over a lower dose. • In the first and third ...
ver más ... 2019In undernourished populations, high-protein supplementation is not recommended for pregnant women to improve maternal and perinatal outcomes.
WHO recommendations
WHO recommendations on antenatal care for a positive pregnancy experience
(Not recommended) Remarks • The GDG noted that there is insufficient evidence on the benefits, if any, of high-protein supplementation. • Further research on the effects of high-protein supplements in undernourished populations is not considered a research priority.
ver más ... 2019In undernourished populations, balanced energy and protein dietary supplementation is recommended for pregnant women to reduce the risk of stillbirths and small for- gestational-age neonates.
WHO recommendations
WHO recommendations on antenatal care for a positive pregnancy experience
(Context-specific recommendation) • The GDG stressed that this recommendation is for populations or settings with a high prevalence of undernourished pregnant women, and not for individual pregnant women identified as being undernourished. • Undernourishment is usually defined by a low BMI (i.e. being underweight). For adults, a 20–39% prevalence of underweight women is considered a high prevalence of underweight and 40% or higher is considered a very high prevalence. MUAC may also be ...
ver más ... 2019In undernourished populations, nutrition education on increasing daily energy and protein intake is recommended for pregnant women to reduce the risk of low birth- weight neonates.
WHO recommendations
WHO recommendations on antenatal care for a positive pregnancy experience
(Context-specific recommendation) Remarks • Undernourishment is usually defined by a low BMI (i.e. being underweight). For adults, a 20–39% prevalence of underweight women is considered a high prevalence of underweight and 40% or higher is considered a very high prevalence. Mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) may also be useful to identify protein–energy malnutrition in individual pregnant women and to determine its prevalence in this population. However, the optimal cut-off points may ...
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