Bauchi: Only 23% out of 381,364 pregnant women take folic acid supplements

Bauchi: Only 23% out of 381,364 pregnant women take folic acid supplements …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>>

The United Nations Children’s Fund , UNICEF has expressed concern over the low intake of iron and folic acid supplements by pregnant women in Bauchi State.

Nutrition Specialist with UNICEF, Philomena Irene, made this known on Tuesday during a one-day inception meeting focused on scaling up Multiple Micronutrient Supplements (MMS) for pregnant women.

Citing the 2018 National Demographic Health Information Survey (NDHIS), Irene revealed that only 23 percent of the 381,364 pregnant women in…

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