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Does oral iron and folate supplementation during pregnancy protect against adverse birth outcomes and reduced neonatal and infant mortality in Africa: A protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis? (Record no. 132350)

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Personal name Yibeltal Bekele
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Title Does oral iron and folate supplementation during pregnancy protect against adverse birth outcomes and reduced neonatal and infant mortality in Africa: A protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis?
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Extent pp15-22
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Summary, etc. biblio.abstract Background: Globally, one-third of pregnant women are at risk of iron deficiency, particularly in the African region. While recent findings show that iron and folate supplementation can lower the risk of adverse birth outcomes and childhood mortality, our understanding of its impact in Africa remains incomplete due to insufficient evidence. This protocol outlines the systematic review steps to investigate the impact of oral iron and folate supplementation during pregnancy on adverse birth outcomes, neonatal mortality and infant mortality in Africa. Methods and analysis: MEDLINE, PsycINFO, Embase, Scopus, CINAHL, Web of Science, and Cochrane databases were searched for published articles. Google Scholar and Advanced Google Search were used for gray literature and nonindexed articles. Oral iron and/or folate supplementation during pregnancy is the primary exposure. The review will focus on adverse birth outcomes, neonatal mortality and infant mortality. Both Cochrane Effective Practice and Organization of Care and Newcastle-Ottawa Scale risk of bias assessment tools will be used. Meta-analysis will be conducted if design and data analysis methodologies permit. This systematic review and meta-analysis will provide up-to-date evidence about iron and folate supplementation's role in adverse birth outcomes, neonatal mortality and infant mortality in the African region. Ethics and dissemination: This review will provide insights that help policymakers, program planners, researchers, and public health practitioners interested in working in the region. PROSPERO registration number: CRD42023452588.
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Subject <a href="pregnant mother ">pregnant mother </a>
-- <a href="iron supplemenation ">iron supplemenation </a>
-- <a href="folate supplementation">folate supplementation</a>
-- <a href="iron folate supplementation ">iron folate supplementation </a>
-- <a href="adverse birth outcomes ">adverse birth outcomes </a>
-- <a href="neonatal mortality">neonatal mortality</a>
-- <a href="infant mortality ">infant mortality </a>
-- <a href="Africa">Africa</a>
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Personal name Claire Gallagher
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Host Biblionumber 132082
Host Itemnumber 113033
Place, publisher, and date of publication California Sage Publications 2025
Title Nutrition and Health
International Standard Serial Number 0260-1060
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Koha item type Journal Article
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     SNDT Juhu SNDT Juhu 05/08/2025   jp776.2 05/08/2025 05/08/2025 Journal Article