The role of folate in malaria - implications for home fortification programmes among children aged 6-59 months

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-15

  Kupka, Roland ^a,b  

^a UNICEF   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Complementary foods; Dietary recommendation; Evidence based practice; Folate; Micronutrients; Nutrition infection interaction

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; IRON; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; DRUG COMBINATION; FANASIL, PYRIMETHAMINE DRUG COMBINATION; IRON INTAKE; POWDER; PYRIMETHAMINE; RETINOL; SULFADOXINE;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANEMIA; BED NET; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SAFETY; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFANT NUTRITION; IRON DEFICIENCY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PARASITE CLEARANCE; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; BLOOD; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG COMBINATION; FORTIFIED FOOD; INFANT; IRON INTAKE; MALARIA; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POWDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON, DIETARY; MALARIA; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POWDERS; PREVALENCE; PYRIMETHAMINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCES; SULFADOXINE; VITAMIN A; ZINC;

EID: 84953850464     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12102     Document Type: Review

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