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...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21241
Objectives: Antenatal clinics (ANCs) are critical for improving maternal nutrition and health knowledge. The Mama SASHA project in western Kenya delivers an orange flesh sweet potato intervention (OFSP) through ANC to improve the vitamin A status of women and children less than 2...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21274
Objectives: The 2013 Lancet Maternal and Child Nutrition series identified rigorous evaluations of nutrition-sensitive agricultural interventions as a research priority. The Mama SASHA study in Western Kenya links delivery of vitamin A (VA) rich orange-flesh sweet potato (OFSP) v...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21318
Frederick Grant, Donald Cole, Kirimi Sindi, Carol Levin, Dean Garett, Simon Kariuki, Hermann Ouedarogo, Cornelia Loechl, Rhona Baingana, Mary Oyunga & Jan Low·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2015
Objectives: Vitamin A (VA) deficiency (VAD) is a significant burden among children under-5-years-old and pregnant and lactating women in sub-Saharan Africa. We assessed the levels of VA and prevalence of VAD among children age 6-23 mo in 2 counties in western Kenya. Methods: Dry-...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21229