Summary

Nutrition interventions or other interventions aimed at improving women's nutritional status may work directly to improve maternal survival by preventing or treating disease, infections or nutritional deficiencies.

Description

This document outlines the background, objectives and methods of review. The results are outlined and grouped into four main topics:

• Micronutrient supplementation
• Food (macronutrient) supplementation, production and security
• Behaviour cahnge interventions
• Poverty reduction interventions

Further discussions and conclusions are included, along with details on poverty reduction in this area.

• Nutrition interventions and programs for reducing mortality and morbidity in pregnant and lactating women and women of reproductive age: a systematic review [PDF 888kb]
• Nutrition interventions and programs for reducing mortality and morbidity in pregnant and lactating women and women of reproductive age: a systematic review [Word 507kb]

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