School of Public Health, Rift Valley University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Ethiopia
Research Article
Assessment of Prenatal Iron + Folic Acid Supplementation and Utilization among Pregnant Women at Anc Clinic in Kirkose Subcity Health Center Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Author(s): Haymanot Jenberu* and Cheru Kore
Background: Globally 41.8% of pregnant women are anemic with the highest proportion affected in developing countries. Nationally only 0.4% of the pregnant women take Iron supplements quite 90 days of the recommended 180 days. In oromiya region 75.3% of pregnant women don't take any iron tablets or syrup during their last pregnancy, while 10.8% deem but 60 days, 0.4% takes for 60-89 days and only 0.3% takes for 90 days or more.
Objective: To Assess prenatal Iron + folic acid supplementation and utilization among pregnant women attending ANC clinic in Kirkose Sub city, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Methods: Institution based cross-sectional quantitative study design was conducted in Kirkose Sub city from June 2021 to July, 2021.There was seven health centers selected for this study. The sample size 317 was selected with.. View More»
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