Prevention of intrauterine growth retardation by multiple micronutrient supplements during pregnancy in Burkina Faso [printed text] / Dominique Roberfroid  , Author . - Universiteit van Amsterdam, 2012 . - 131 p. : Ill. ; 22 cm. - ( Faculteit der Geneeskunde = Faculty of Medicine) . ISBN : 978-90-361-0295-7 : € 0,00 ACADEMISCH PROEFSCHRIFT ter verkrijging van de graad van doctor aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam
op gezag van de Rector Magnificus prof. dr. D.C. van den Boom ten overstaan van een door het college voor promoties ingestelde commissie, in het openbaar te verdedigen in Agnietenkapel op donderdag 26 april 2012, te 12.00 uur door Dominique Albert Ghislain Roberfroid.
International child health studies 14 Languages : English ( eng) | Descriptors: | Classification
WQ - OBSTETRICS ; WQ 175 Prenatal care
Indexation
Academic Dissertations ; Burkina Faso ; Fetal Growth Retardation ; Micronutrients ; Pregnancy ; Primary Prevention
| | Abstract: | This is the story of an idea. This is the account of its journey from birth to the delivery of new hypotheses. Reproduction, birth, but also death, are indeed at the heart of this research in which we assessed, in Burkina Faso, the health benefits of providing pregnant women with multiple micronutrients. The main expected outcome of such intervention was the prevention of intrauterine growth retardation, a strong predictor of mortality and morbidity during childhood and of lifelong ill health. This is also the story of how fast science can progress nowadays. It was in 1999 that the UNICEF/WHO/UN University proposed that a prenatal supplement containing one RDA of 15 micronutrients (UNIMMAP) could potentially replace standard iron-folate supplements (IFA) for pregnant women in low and middle income countries. Less than a decade later, high-quality studies comparing UNIMMAP to IFA had been carried out in Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, and Niger, and we know much better today what benefits UNIMMAP can, and cannot, provide. This thesis was an important component of that fast-growing evidence. | | Link for e-copy: | http://dare.uva.nl/en/record/415674 | | Format of e-copy: | Page Web | | Record link: | http://kce.docressources.info/opac/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=2980 |
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