Guideline: Vitamin A supplementation in postpartum women

This guideline provides global, evidence-informed recommendations on the use of vitamin A supplements in postpartum women for the reduction of maternal and infant morbidity and mortality. This recommendation will help Member States and their partners in their efforts to make informed decisions on ap...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: World Health Organization, World Health Organization Nutrition for Health and Development
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Geneva, Switzerland World Health Organization [2011], 2011
Subjects:
Online Access:
Collection: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
LEADER 01995nam a2200313 u 4500
001 EB000943951
003 EBX01000000000000000737541
005 00000000000000.0
007 tu|||||||||||||||||||||
008 150223 r ||| eng
020 |a 9789241501774 
245 0 0 |a Guideline: Vitamin A supplementation in postpartum women  |h Elektronische Ressource 
246 3 1 |a Vitamin A supplementation in postpartum women 
260 |a Geneva, Switzerland  |b World Health Organization  |c [2011], 2011 
300 |a 1 PDF file (iv, 21 pages)  |b illustrations 
505 0 |a Includes bibliographical references 
653 |a Postpartum Period 
653 |a Vitamin A Deficiency / prevention & control 
653 |a Vitamin A / therapeutic use 
653 |a Dietary Supplements / standards 
653 |a Maternal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena 
710 2 |a World Health Organization 
710 2 |a World Health Organization  |b Nutrition for Health and Development 
041 0 7 |a eng  |2 ISO 639-2 
989 |b NCBI  |a National Center for Biotechnology Information 
500 |a Title from PDF cover 
856 4 0 |u https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK185192/pdf  |3 Volltext  |n NLM Bookshelf Books  |3 Volltext 
082 0 |a 700 
520 |a This guideline provides global, evidence-informed recommendations on the use of vitamin A supplements in postpartum women for the reduction of maternal and infant morbidity and mortality. This recommendation will help Member States and their partners in their efforts to make informed decisions on appropriate nutrition actions for improving health and development of the populations and to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, in particular, reduction in child mortality (MDG4) and improvement in maternal health (MDG5). The guideline is intended for a wide audience including policy-makers, their expert advisers, and technical and programme staff in organizations involved in the design, implementation and scaling-up of nutrition actions for public health