Prevalence and aetiologies of anaemia among first trimester pregnant women in Sri Lanka; the need for revisiting the current control strategies

• Main Authors: Gayani Shashikala Amarasinghe (Author), Thilini Chanchala Agampodi (Author), Vasana Mendis (Author), Krishanthi Malawanage (Author), Chamila Kappagoda (Author), Suneth Buddhika Agampodi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The Sustainable development goals, which focus strongly on equity, aim to end all forms of malnutrition by 2030. However, a significant cause of intergenerational transfer of malnutrition, anaemia in pregnancy, is still a challenge. It is especially so in the low- and middle-inco...