Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica
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Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand · Aug 1999
Clinical Trial Controlled Clinical TrialEffectiveness of primary level antenatal care in decreasing anemia at term in Tanzania.
In Tanzania the prevalence of anemia in pregnancy is high inspite of a high antenatal attendance and an established national policy of routine hematinic supplementation and malaria chemosuppression to all pregnant women, free of cost in all antenatal clinics. ⋯ Ensuring an adequate supply of drugs seems to be the most important activity to achieve safe hemoglobin levels in pregnant women, but even an active antenatal program has a limited effect when anemia is highly prevalent and booking is late.