Ramadhani Abdallah Noor, Salum Mshamu, Nzovu Ulenga, Ellen Hertzmark, Wafaie Fawzi, Margaret Benjamin, George Kaishozi, Simon Tatala, Christina Nyhus Dhillon, Ramadhani Mwiru & Nilupa Gunaratna·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2015
Objectives: To determine prevalence of folate deficiency and effectiveness of the National Food Fortification Program on folate levels among women of reproductive age in Tanzania. Methods: A Prospective cohort study comparing participants’ folate levels prior and gradually upon t...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21200
Ayesha Sania, Donna Spiegelman, Janet Rich-Edwards, Ellen Hertzmark, Rodrick Kisenge, Gernard Msamanga, Willy Urassa & Wafaie Fawzi·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2015
Objectives: We evaluated the effect of multivitamin supplementation on delivery complications that can arise from maternal-fetal disproportion. Methods: We used data from a double-blind, randomized controlled trial among 8286 HIV-negative pregnant women in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21208
Amara E. Ezeamama, Christopher Duggan, Donna Spiegelman, Ellen Hertzmark, Ronald J. Bosch, Karim P. Manji, Roland Kupka, Melanie W. Lo, James O. Okuma, Rodrick Kisenge, Said Aboud & Wafaie W. Fawzi·International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health·2013
Background: For at-risk HIV-negative individuals, whether malarial morbidity increases the likelihood of HIV infection when exposed is unknown. Hence, we investigate the malaria-associated risk of postnatal HIV infection in 1804 breastfeeding infants of HIV-positive women from Da...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2014/6085
Nilupa Gunaratna, Honorati Masanja, Sigilbert Mrema, Francis Levira, Donna Spiegelman, Ellen Hertzmark, Naomi Saronga, Kahema Irema, Mary Shuma, Ester Elisaria & Wafaie Fawzi·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2015
Objectives: Women's nutritional status during conception and early pregnancy can influence maternal and infant outcomes. This study examined the efficacy of pre-pregnancy supplementation with iron and multivitamins to reduce anemia prevalence during the periconceptional period am...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20996