Haile Selassie Okuku

Determinants of Vitamin A Status among Pregnant Women Participating in the Mama SASHA Cohort Study of Vitamin A in Western Kenya: Preliminary Findings

Victor Akelo, Fredrick Grant, Haile Selassie Okuku, Rose Wanjala, Jan Low, Donald Cole, Carol Levin & Amy Webb Girard · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: Mothers' vitamin A (VA) status during pregnancy and lactation determine infants' VA levels. We estimated VA status during pregnancy and assessed its determinants using data on 505 pregnant women attending first antenatal care visit in Western Kenya. Methods: VA and ir...