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Multiple micronutrient supplementation during pregnancy in low-income countries: Review of methods and characteristics of studies included in the meta-analyses

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FOOD AND NUTRITION BULLETIN
卷 30, 期 4, 页码 S517-S526

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DOI: 10.1177/15648265090304S406

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  1. UNICEF
  2. United Nations System Standing Committee on Nutrition (SCN)
  3. MRC [G0400519, MC_U147585821] Funding Source: UKRI
  4. Medical Research Council [MC_U147585821, G0400519, U1475000003] Funding Source: researchfish

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This paper reports on the methods and characteristics of 12 studies from developing countries included in a meta-analysis of the impact of antenatal supplements of multiple micronutrients compared with iron-folic acid on micronutrient status, maternal nutritional status, birth outcomes, and neonatal survival.

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Mascarenhas, Shariq R. Masoodi, Ellisiv B. Mathiesen, Prashant Mathur, Alicia Matijasevich, Piotr Matlosz, Tandi E. Matsha, Victor Matsudo, Christina Mavrogianni, Artur Mazur, Jean Claude N. Mbanya, Shelly R. McFarlane, Stephen T. McGarvey, Martin McKee, Stela McLachlan, Rachael M. McLean, Scott B. McLean, Margaret L. McNairy, Breige A. McNulty, Sounnia Mediene Benchekor, Jurate Medzioniene, Parinaz Mehdipour, Kirsten Mehlig, Amir Houshang Mehrparvar, Aline Meirhaeghe, Jorgen Meisfjord, Christa Meisinger, Jesus D. Melgarejo, Marina Melkumova, Joao Mello, Fabian Mendez, Carlos O. Mendivil, Ana Maria B. Menezes, Geetha R. Menon, Gert B. M. Mensink, Maria Teresa Menzano, Indrapal I. Meshram, Diane T. Meto, Jie Mi, Kim F. Michaelsen, Nathalie Michels, Kairit Mikkel, Karolina Milkowska, Jody C. Miller, Olga Milushkina, Claudia S. Minderico, G. K. Mini, Juan Francisco Miquel, J. Jaime Miranda, Mohammad Reza Mirjalili, Daphne Mirkopoulou, Erkin Mirrakhimov, Marjeta Misigoj-Durakovic, Antonio Mistretta, Veronica Mocanu, Pietro A. Modesti, Sahar Saeedi Moghaddam, Bahram Mohajer, Mostafa K. Mohamed, Shukri F. Mohamed, Kazem Mohammad, Mohammad Reza Mohammadi, Zahra Mohammadi, Noushin Mohammadifard, Reza Mohammadpourhodki, Viswanathan Mohan, Salim Mohanna, Muhammad Fadhli Mohd Yusoff, Iraj Mohebbi, Farnam Mohebi, Marie Moitry, Line T. Mollehave, Niels C. Moller, Denes Molnar, Amirabbas Momenan, Charles K. Mondo, Roger A. Montenegro Mendoza, Eric Monterrubio-Flores, Kotsedi Daniel K. Monyeki, Jin Soo Moon, Mahmood Moosazadeh, Hermine T. Mopa, Farhad Moradpour, Leila B. Moreira, Alain Morejon, Luis A. Moreno, Francis Morey, Karen Morgan, Suzanne N. Morin, Erik Lykke Mortensen, George Moschonis, Alireza Moslem, Malgorzata Mossakowska, Aya Mostafa, Seyed-Ali Mostafavi, Anabela Mota-Pinto, Jorge Mota, Mohammad Esmaeel Motlagh, Jorge Motta, Marcos Andre Moura-dos-Santos, Yeva Movsesyan, Kelias P. Msyamboza, Thet Thet Mu, Magdalena Muc, Florian Muca, Boban Mugosa, Maria L. Muiesan, Martina Mueller-Nurasyid, Thomas Munzel, Jaakko Mursu, Elaine M. Murtagh, Kamarul Imran Musa, Sanja Music Milanovic, Vera Musil, Geofrey Musinguzi, Muel Telo M. C. Muyer, Iraj Nabipour, Shohreh Naderimagham, Gabriele Nagel, Farid Najafi, Harunobu Nakamura, Hanna Nalecz, Jana Namesna, Ei Ei K. Nang, Vinay B. Nangia, Martin Nankap, Sameer Narake, Paola Nardone, Take Naseri, Matthias Nauck, William A. Neal, Azim Nejatizadeh, Chandini Nekkantti, Keiu Nelis, Ilona Nenko, Martin Neovius, Flavio Nervi, Tze Pin Ng, Chung T. Nguyen, Nguyen D. Nguyen, Quang Ngoc Nguyen, Michael Y. Ni, Rodica Nicolescu, Peng Nie, Ramfis E. Nieto-Martinez, Yury P. Nikitin, Guang Ning, Toshiharu Ninomiya, Nobuo Nishi, Sania Nishtar, Marianna Noale, Oscar A. Noboa, Helena Nogueira, Maria Nordendahl, Borge G. Nordestgaard, Davide Noto, Natalia Nowak-Szczepanska, Mohannad Al Nsour, Irfan Nuhoglu, Baltazar Nunes, Eha Nurk, Fred Nuwaha, Moffat Nyirenda, Terence W. O'Neill, Dermot O'Reilly, Galina Obreja, Caleb Ochimana, Angelica M. Ochoa-Aviles, Eiji Oda, Augustine N. Odili, Kyungwon Oh, Kumiko Ohara, Claes Ohlsson, Ryutaro Ohtsuka, Orn Olafsson, Maria Teresa A. Olinto, Isabel O. Oliveira, Mohd Azahadi Omar, Saeed M. Omar, Altan Onat, Sok King Ong, N. Charlotte Onland-Moret, Lariane M. Ono, Pedro Ordunez, Rui Ornelas, Ana P. Ortiz, Pedro J. Ortiz, Merete Osler, Clive Osmond, Sergej M. Ostojic, Afshin Ostovar, Johanna A. Otero, Kim Overvad, Ellis Owusu-Dabo, Fred Michel Paccaud, Ioannis Pagkalos, Elena Pahomova, Karina Mary de Paiva, Andrzej Pajak, Alberto Palloni, Luigi Palmieri, Wen-Harn Pan, Songhomitra Panda-Jonas, Arvind Pandey, Francesco Panza, Mariela Paoli, Sousana K. Papadopoulou, Dimitrios Papandreou, Rossina G. Pareja, Soon-Woo Park, Suyeon Park, Winsome R. Parnell, Mahboubeh Parsaeian, Ionela M. Pascanu, Patrick Pasquet, Nikhil D. Patel, Marcos Pattussi, Halyna Pavlyshyn, Raimund Pechlaner, Ivan Pecin, Mangesh S. Pednekar, Joao M. Pedro, Nasheeta Peer, Sergio Viana Peixoto, Markku Peltonen, Alexandre C. Pereira, Marco A. Peres, Cynthia M. Perez, Valentina Peterkova, Annette Peters, Astrid Petersmann, Janina Petkeviciene, Ausra Petrauskiene, Olga Petrovna Kovtun, Emanuela Pettenuzzo, Niloofar Peykari, Norbert Pfeiffer, Modou Cheyassin Phall, Son Thai Pham, Rafael N. Pichardo, Daniela Pierannunzio, Iris Pigeot, Hynek Pikhart, Aida Pilav, Lorenza Pilotto, Francesco Pistelli, Freda Pitakaka, Aleksandra Piwonska, Andreia N. Pizarro, Pedro Plans-Rubio, Alina G. Platonova, Bee Koon Poh, Hermann Pohlabeln, Nadija S. Polka, Raluca M. Pop, Stevo R. Popovic, Miquel Porta, Georg Posch, Anil Poudyal, Dimitrios Poulimeneas, Hamed Pouraram, Farhad Pourfarzi, Akram Pourshams, Hossein Poustchi, Rajendra Pradeepa, Alison J. Price, Jacqueline F. Price, Antonio Prista, Rui Providencia, Jardena J. Puder, Iveta Pudule, Maria Puiu, Margus Punab, Muhammed S. Qadir, Radwan F. Qasrawi, Mostafa Qorbani, Hedley K. Quintana, Pedro J. Quiroga-Padilla, Tran Quoc Bao, Stefan Rach, Ivana Radic, Ricardas Radisauskas, Salar Rahimikazerooni, Mahfuzar Rahman, Mahmudur Rahman, Olli Raitakari, Manu Raj, Tamerlan Rajabov, Sherali Rakhmatulloev, Ivo Rakovac, Sudha Ramachandra Rao, Ambady Ramachandran, Otim P. C. Ramadan, Virgilio V. Ramires, Jacqueline Ramke, Elisabete Ramos, Rafel Ramos, Lekhraj Rampal, Sanjay Rampal, Lalka S. Rangelova, Vayia Rarra, Ramon A. Rascon-Pacheco, Cassiano Ricardo Rech, Josep Redon, Paul Ferdinand M. Reganit, Valeria Regecova, Jane D. P. Renner, Judit A. Repasy, Cezane P. Reuter, Luis Revilla, Abbas Rezaianzadeh, Yeunsook Rho, Lourdes Ribas-Barba, Robespierre Ribeiro, Elio Riboli, Adrian Richter, Fernando Rigo, Attilio Rigotti, Natascia Rinaldo, Tobias F. Rinke de Wit, Ana I. Rito, Raphael M. Ritti-Dias, Juan A. Rivera, Reina G. Roa, Louise Robinson, Cynthia Robitaille, Romana Roccaldo, Daniela Rodrigues, Fernando Rodriguez-Artalejo, Maria del Cristo Rodriguez-Perez, Laura A. Rodriguez-Villamizar, Andrea Y. Rodriguez, Ulla Roggenbuck, Peter Rohloff, Fabian Rohner, Rosalba Rojas-Martinez, Nipa Rojroongwasinkul, Dora Romaguera, Elisabetta L. Romeo, Rafaela V. Rosario, Annika Rosengren, Ian Rouse, Vanessa Rouzier, Joel G. R. Roy, Maira H. Ruano, Adolfo Rubinstein, Frank J. Ruhli, Jean-Bernard Ruidavets, Blanca Sandra Ruiz-Betancourt, Maria Ruiz-Castell, Emma Ruiz Moreno, Iuliia A. Rusakova, Kenisha Russell Jonsson, Paola Russo, Petra Rust, Marcin Rutkowski, Marge Saamel, Charumathi Sabanayagam, Hamideh Sabbaghi, Elena Sacchini, Harshpal S. Sachdev, Alireza Sadjadi, Ali Reza Safarpour, Sare Safi, Saeid Safiri, Mohammad Hossien Saghi, Olfa Saidi, Nader Saki, Sanja Salaj, Benoit Salanave, Eduardo Salazar Martinez, Calogero Saleva, Diego Salmeron, Veikko Salomaa, Jukka T. Salonen, Massimo Salvetti, Margarita Samoutian, Jose Sanchez-Abanto, Ines Sanchez Rodriguez, Sandjaja, Susana Sans, Loreto Santa Marina, Ethel Santacruz, Diana A. Santos, Ina S. Santos, Lelita C. Santos, Maria Paula Santos, Osvaldo Santos, Rute Santos, Tamara R. Santos, Jouko L. Saramies, Luis B. Sardinha, Nizal Sarrafzadegan, Thirunavukkarasu Sathish, Kai-Uwe Saum, Savvas Savva, Mathilde Savy, Norie Sawada, Mariana Sbaraini, Marcia Scazufca, Beatriz D. Schaan, Angelika Schaffrath Rosario, Herman Schargrodsky, Anja Schienkiewitz, Karin Schindler, Sabine Schipf, Carsten O. Schmidt, Ida Maria Schmidt, Andrea Schneider, Peter Schnohr, Ben Schottker, Sara Schramm, Stine Schramm, Helmut Schroder, Constance Schultsz, Matthias B. Schulze, Aletta E. Schutte, Sylvain Sebert, Moslem Sedaghattalab, Rusidah Selamat, Vedrana Sember, Abhijit Sen, Idowu O. Senbanjo, Sadaf G. Sepanlou, Guillermo Sequera, Luis Serra-Majem, Jennifer Servais, Ludmila Sevcikova, Svetlana Shalnova, Teresa Shamah-Levy, Seyed Morteza Shamshirgaran, Coimbatore Subramaniam Shanthirani, Maryam Sharafkhah, Sanjib K. Sharma, Jonathan E. Shaw, Amaneh Shayanrad, Ali Akbar Shayesteh, Lela Shengelia, Zumin Shi, Kenji Shibuya, Hana Shimizu-Furusawa, Tal Shimony, Rahman Shiri, Namuna Shrestha, Khairil Si-Ramlee, Alfonso Siani, Rosalynn Siantar, Abla M. Sibai, Labros S. Sidossis, Natalia Silitrari, Antonio M. Silva, Caroline Ramos de Moura Silva, Diego Augusto Santos Silva, Kelly S. Silva, Xueling Sim, Mary Simon, Judith Simons, Leon A. Simons, Agneta Sjoberg, Michael Sjostrom, Natalia A. Skoblina, Gry Skodje, Tatyana Slazhnyova, Jolanta Slowikowska-Hilczer, Przemyslaw Slusarczyk, Liam Smeeth, Hung-Kwan So, Fernanda Cunha Soares, Grzegorz Sobek, Eugene Sobngwi, Morten Sodemann, Stefan Soderberg, Moesijanti Y. E. Soekatri, Agustinus Soemantri, Reecha Sofat, Vincenzo Solfrizzi, Mohammad Hossein Somi, Emily Sonestedt, Yi Song, Sajid Soofi, Thorkild I. A. Sorensen, Elin P. Sorgjerd, Charles Sossa Jerome, Victoria E. Soto-Rojas, Aicha Soumare, Alfonso Sousa-Poza, Slavica Sovic, Bente Sparboe-Nilsen, Karen Sparrenberger, Phoebe R. Spencer, Angela Spinelli, Igor Spiroski, Jan A. Staessen, Hanspeter Stamm, Kaspar Staub, Bill Stavreski, Jostein Steene-Johannessen, Peter Stehle, Aryeh D. Stein, George S. Stergiou, Jochanan Stessman, Ranko Stevanovic, Jutta Stieber, Doris Stockl, Jakub Stokwiszewski, Ekaterina Stoyanova, Gareth Stratton, Karien Stronks, Maria Wany Strufaldi, Lela Sturua, Ramon Suarez-Medina, Machi Suka, Chien-An Sun, Liang Sun, Johan Sundstrom, Yn-Tz Sung, Jordi Sunyer, Paibul Suriyawongpaisal, Nabil William G. Sweis, Boyd A. Swinburn, Rody G. Sy, Rene Charles Sylva, Moyses Szklo, Lucjan Szponar, Lorraine Tabone, E. Shyong Tai, Konstantinos D. Tambalis, Mari-Liis Tammesoo, Abdonas Tamosiunas, Eng Joo Tan, Xun Tang, Maya Tanrygulyyeva, Frank Tanser, Yong Tao, Mohammed Rasoul Tarawneh, Jakob Tarp, Carolina B. Tarqui-Mamani, Radka Taxova Braunerova, Anne Taylor, Julie Taylor, Felicite Tchibindat, Saskia Te Velde, William R. Tebar, Grethe S. Tell, Tania Tello, Yih Chung Tham, K. R. Thankappan, Holger Theobald, Xenophon Theodoridis, Nihal Thomas, Barbara Thorand, Betina H. Thuesen, Lubica Ticha, Erik J. Timmermans, Dwi H. Tjandrarini, Anne Tjonneland, Hanna K. Tolonen, Janne S. Tolstrup, Murat Topbas, Roman Topor-Madry, Liv Elin Torheim, Maria Jose Tormo, Michael J. Tornaritis, Maties Torrent, Laura Torres-Collado, Stefania Toselli, Giota Touloumi, Pierre Traissac, Thi Tuyet-Hanh Tran, Mark S. Tremblay, Areti Triantafyllou, Dimitrios Trichopoulos, Antonia Trichopoulou, Oanh T. H. Trinh, Atul Trivedi, Yu-Hsiang Tsao, Lechaba Tshepo, Maria Tsigga, Panagiotis Tsintavis, Shoichiro Tsugane, John Tuitele, Azaliia M. Tuliakova, Marshall K. Tulloch-Reid, Fikru Tullu, Tomi-Pekka Tuomainen, Jaakko Tuomilehto, Maria L. Turley, Gilad Twig, Per Tynelius, Evangelia Tzala, Themistoklis Tzotzas, Christophe Tzourio, Peter Ueda, Eunice Ugel, Flora A. M. Ukoli, Hanno Ulmer, Belgin Unal, Zhamyila Usupova, Hannu M. T. Uusitalo, Nalan Uysal, Justina Vaitkeviciute, Gonzalo Valdivia, Susana Vale, Damaskini Valvi, Rob M. van Dam, Bert-Jan van den Born, Johan Van der Heyden, Yvonne T. van der Schouw, Koen Van Herck, Wendy Van Lippevelde, Hoang Van Minh, Natasja M. Van Schoor, Irene G. M. van Valkengoed, Dirk Vanderschueren, Diego Vanuzzo, Anette Varbo, Gregorio Varela-Moreiras, Luz Nayibe Vargas, Patricia Varona-Perez, Senthil K. Vasan, Daniel G. Vasques, Tomas Vega, Toomas Veidebaum, Gustavo Velasquez-Melendez, Biruta Velika, Maite Verloigne, Giovanni Veronesi, W. M. Monique Verschuren, Cesar G. Victora, Giovanni Viegi, Lucie Viet, Froydis N. Vik, Monica Vilar, Salvador Villalpando, Jesus Vioque, Jyrki K. Virtanen, Sophie Visvikis-Siest, Bharathi Viswanathan, Mihaela Vladulescu, Tiina Vlasoff, Dorja Vocanec, Peter Vollenweider, Henry Volzke, Ari Voutilainen, Martine Vrijheid, Tanja G. M. Vrijkotte, Alisha N. Wade, Thomas Waldhor, Janette Walton, Elvis O. A. Wambiya, Wan Mohamad Wan Bebakar, Wan Nazaimoon Wan Mohamud, Rildo de Souza Wanderley Junior, Ming-Dong Wang, Ningli Wang, Qian Wang, Xiangjun Wang, Ya Xing Wang, Ying-Wei Wang, S. Goya Wannamethee, Nicholas Wareham, Adelheid Weber, Karen Webster-Kerr, Niels Wedderkopp, Daniel Weghuber, Wenbin Wei, Aneta Weres, Bo Werner, Leo D. Westbury, Peter H. Whincup, Kremlin Wickramasinghe, Kurt Widhalm, Indah S. Widyahening, Andrzej Wiecek, Philipp S. Wild, Rainford J. Wilks, Johann Willeit, Peter Willeit, Julianne Williams, Tom Wilsgaard, Rusek Wojciech, Bogdan Wojtyniak, Kathrin Wolf, Roy A. Wong-McClure, Andrew Wong, Emily B. Wong, Jyh Eiin Wong, Tien Yin Wong, Jean Woo, Mark Woodward, Frederick C. Wu, Hon-Yen Wu, Jianfeng Wu, Li Juan Wu, Shouling Wu, Justyna Wyszynska, Haiquan Xu, Liang Xu, Nor Azwany Yaacob, Uruwan Yamborisut, Weili Yan, Ling Yang, Xiaoguang Yang, Yang Yang, Nazan Yardim, Tabara Yasuharu, Martha Yepez Garcia, Panayiotis K. Yiallouros, Agneta Yngve, Moein Yoosefi, Akihiro Yoshihara, Qi Sheng You, San-Lin You, Novie O. Younger-Coleman, Yu-Ling Yu, Yunjiang Yu, Safiah Md Yusof, Ahmad Faudzi Yusoff, Luciana Zaccagni, Vassilis Zafiropulos, Ahmad A. Zainuddin, Seyed Rasoul Zakavi, Farhad Zamani, Sabina Zambon, Antonis Zampelas, Hana Zamrazilova, Maria Elisa Zapata, Abdul Hamid Zargar, Ko Ko Zaw, Ayman A. Zayed, Tomasz Zdrojewski, Magdalena Zeglen, Kristyna Zejglicova, Tajana Zeljkovic Vrkic, Yi Zeng, Luxia Zhang, Zhen-Yu Zhang, Dong Zhao, Ming-Hui Zhao, Wenhua Zhao, Yanitsa V. Zhecheva, Shiqi Zhen, Wei Zheng, Yingfeng Zheng, Bekbolat Zholdin, Maigeng Zhou, Dan Zhu, Marie Zins, Emanuel Zitt, Yanina Zocalo, Nada Zoghlami, Julio Zuniga Cisneros, Monika Zuziak, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Robert E. Black, Majid Ezzati

Summary: This study used data from 2,325 population-based studies to analyze the height and BMI of children and adolescents aged 5-19 years in urban and rural areas from 1990 to 2020. The results showed that the height advantage of urban residents over rural residents has decreased in most countries, while it has amplified in sub-Saharan Africa. The BMI difference between urban and rural areas is small in most countries, with faster BMI growth in urban areas observed in some regions.

NATURE (2023)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Spatial distribution of common childhood illnesses, healthcare utilisation and associated factors in Ethiopia: Evidence from 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey

Atkure Defar, Yemisrach B. Okwaraji, Zemene Tigabu, Lars Ake Persson, Kassahun Alemu

Summary: This study aims to assess the geographical distribution and associated factors for common childhood illnesses and service utilization across Ethiopia based on the 2016 Demographic and Health Survey. The results showed that common childhood illnesses were more prevalent in the North of the country, while service utilization was lower in the Eastern, South-western, and Northern parts. Poverty and reported distance to health facilities were found to be associated with service utilization.

PLOS ONE (2023)

Article Nutrition & Dietetics

Effect of Milk Protein and Whey Permeate in Large-Quantity Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplement on Early Child Development among Children with Stunting: A Randomized 2 x 2 Factorial Trial in Uganda

Joseph Mbabazi, Hannah Pesu, Rolland Mutumba, Gareth McCray, Kim F. Michaelsen, Christian Ritz, Suzanne Filteau, Andre Briend, Ezekiel Mupere, Benedikte Grenov, Henrik Friis, Mette Frahm Olsen

Summary: This study investigated the effects of milk protein (MP) versus soy and whey permeate (WP) versus maltodextrin in large-quantity, lipid-based nutrient supplement (LNS), as well as LNS itself versus no supplementation, on child development and head circumference among stunted children aged 1-5 years. The results showed that neither MP nor WP had an effect on any developmental domain. Although LNS itself had no impact on development, it resulted in a 0.07cm increase in head circumference.

NUTRIENTS (2023)

Article Hematology

Global, regional, and national prevalence and mortality burden of sickle cell disease, 2000-2021: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

Azalea M. Thomson, Theresa A. McHugh, Assaf P. Oron, Corey Teply, Nikhil Lonberg, Victor M. Vilchis Tella, Lauren B. Wilner, Kia Fuller, Hailey Hagins, Richard Gyan Aboagye, Melka Biratu Aboye, Eman Abu-Gharbieh, Ahmed Abu-Zaid, Isaac Yeboah Addo, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Aqeel Ahmad, Saif Aldeen S. AlRyalat, Hubert Amu, Aleksandr Y. Aravkin, Judie Arulappan, Maha Moh'd Wahbi Atout, Ashish D. Badiye, Sara Bagherieh, Maciej Banach, Morteza Banakar, Mainak Bardhan, Amadou Barrow, Deriba Abera Bedane, Isabela M. Bensenor, Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula, Pankaj Bhardwaj, Prarthna Bhardwaj, Ajay Nagesh Bhat, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Mariah Malak Bilalaga, Jessica Devin Bishai, Saeid Bitaraf, Archith Boloor, Muhammad Hammad Butt, Vijay Kumar Chattu, Dinh-Toi Chu, Omid Dadras, Xiaochen Dai, Bardia Danaei, Anh Kim Dang, Fitsum Wolde Demisse, Meghnath Dhimal, Daniel Diaz, Shirin Djalalinia, Deepa Dongarwar, Muhammed Elhadi, Mohamed A. Elmonem, Christopher Imokhuede Esezobor, Farshid Etaee, Oghenowede Eyawo, Adeniyi Francis Fagbamigbe, Ali Fatehizadeh, Lisa M. Force, William M. Gardner, Kazem Ghaffari, Paramjit Singh Gill, Mahaveer Golechha, Pouya Goleij, Vivek Kumar Gupta, Hamidreza Hasani, Treska S. Hassan, Mohammed Bheser Hassen, Segun Emmanuel Ibitoye, Adalia I. Ikiroma, Chidozie C. D. Iwu, Peter Bai James, Shubha Jayaram, Rime Jebai, Ravi Prakash Jha, Nitin Joseph, Farnaz Kalantar, Himal Kandel, Ibraheem M. Karaye, Woldeteklehaymanot Dagne Kassahun, Imteyaz A. Khan, Shaghayegh Khanmohammadi, Adnan Kisa, Farzad Kompani, Kewal Krishan, Ivan Landires, Stephen S. Lim, Preetam Bhalchandra Mahajan, Soleiman Mahjoub, Azeem Majeed, Bishnu P. Marasini, Haftu Asmerom Meresa, Tomislav Mestrovic, Sonica Minhas, Awoke Misganaw, Ali H. Mokdad, Lorenzo Monasta, Ghulam Mustafa, Tapas Sadasivan Nair, Sreenivas Narasimha Swamy, Hasan Nassereldine, Zuhair S. Natto, Muhammad Naveed, Biswa Prakash Nayak, Jean Jacques Noubiap, Taylor Noyes, Chisom Adaobi Nri-ezedi, Vincent Ebuka Nwatah, Chimezie Igwegbe Nzoputam, Ogochukwu Janet Nzoputam, Osaretin Christabel Okonji, Adeyinka Omoniyi Onikan, Mayowa O. Owolabi, Jay Patel, Siddhartha Pati, Shrikant Pawar, Ionela-Roxana Petcu, Frederic B. Piel, Ibrahim Qattea, Mehran Rahimi, Mosiur Rahman, Salman Rawaf, Elrashdy Moustafa Mohamed Redwan, Nazila Rezaei, Basema Saddik, Umar Saeed, Fatemeh Saheb Sharif-Askari, Abdallah M. Samy, Austin E. Schumacher, Elaheh Shaker, Adithi Shetty, Migbar Mekonnen Sibhat, Jasvinder A. Singh, Muhammad Suleman, Dev Ram Sunuwar, Mindy D. Szeto, Jacques J. L. Lukenze Tamuzi, Nathan Y. Tat, Birhan Tsegaw Taye, Mohamad-Hani Temsah, Muhammad Umair, Sahel Valadan Tahbaz, Cong Wang, Nuwan Darshana Wickramasinghe, Arzu Yigit, Vahit Yigit, Ismaeel Yunusa, Burhan Abdullah Zaman, Moein Zangiabadian, Peng Zheng, Simon Hay, Mohsen Naghavi, Christopher J. L. Murray, Nicholas J. Kassebaum

Summary: This study provides a comprehensive global assessment of the prevalence and mortality burden of sickle cell disease. It reveals a strikingly high contribution of sickle cell disease to overall mortality, especially in children. Comprehensive strategies are needed to address the morbidity and mortality associated with sickle cell disease.

LANCET HAEMATOLOGY (2023)

Article Psychology, Biological

Changes in preterm birth and stillbirth during COVID-19 lockdowns in 26 countries

Clara Calvert, Meredith (Merilee) Brockway, Helga Zoega, Jessica E. Miller, Jasper V. Been, Adeladza Kofi Amegah, Amy Racine-Poon, Solmaz Eradat Oskoui, Ishaya I. Abok, Nima Aghaeepour, Christie D. Akwaowo, Belal N. Alshaikh, Adejumoke I. Ayede, Fabiana Bacchini, Behzad Barekatain, Rodrigo Barnes, Karolina Bebak, Anick Berard, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Jeffrey R. Brook, Lenroy R. Bryan, Kim N. Cajachagua-Torres, Marsha Campbell-Yeo, Dinh-Toi Chu, Kristin L. Connor, Luc Cornette, Sandra Cortes, Mandy Daly, Christian Debauche, Iyabode Olabisi F. Dedeke, Kristjana Einarsdottir, Hilde Engjom, Guadalupe Estrada-Gutierrez, Ilaria Fantasia, Nicole M. Fiorentino, Meredith Franklin, Abigail Fraser, Onesmus W. Gachuno, Linda A. Gallo, Mika Gissler, Siri E. Haberg, Abbas Habibelahi, Jonas Haeggstroem, Lauren Hookham, Lisa Hui, Luis Huicho, Karen J. Hunter, Sayeeda Huq, K. C. Ashish, Seilesh Kadambari, Roya Kelishadi, Narjes Khalili, Joanna Kippen, Kirsty Le Doare, Javier Llorca, Laura A. Magee, Maria C. Magnus, Kenneth K. C. Man, Patrick M. Mburugu, Rishi P. Mediratta, Andrew D. Morris, Nazeem Muhajarine, Rachel H. Mulholland, Livia Nagy Bonnard, Victoria Nakibuuka, Natasha Nassar, Sylvester D. Nyadanu, Laura Oakley, Adesina Oladokun, Oladapo O. Olayemi, Olanike A. Olutekunbi, Rosena O. Oluwafemi, Taofik O. Ogunkunle, Chris Orton, Anne K. oertqvist, Joseph Ouma, Oyejoke Oyapero, Kirsten R. Palmer, Lars H. Pedersen, Gavin Pereira, Isabel Pereyra, Roy K. Philip, Dominik Pruski, Marcin Przybylski, Hugo G. Quezada-Pinedo, Annette K. Regan, Natasha R. Rhoda, Tonia A. Rihs, Taylor Riley, Thiago Augusto Hernandes Rocha, Daniel L. Rolnik, Christoph Saner, Francisco J. Schneuer, Vivienne L. Souter, Olof Stephansson, Shengzhi Sun, Emma M. Swift, Miklos Szabo, Marleen Temmerman, Lloyd Tooke, Marcelo L. Urquia, Peter von Dadelszen, Gregory A. Wellenius, Clare Whitehead, Ian C. K. Wong, Rachael Wood, Katarzyna Wroblewska-Seniuk, Kojo Yeboah-Antwi, Christopher S. Yilgwan, Agnieszka Zawiejska, Aziz Sheikh, Natalie Rodriguez, David Burgner, Sarah J. Stock, Meghan B. Azad

Summary: An analysis of 52 million births in 26 countries suggests that there were slight reductions in preterm birth rates during the first to third months of lockdown. However, further research is needed to understand the causal pathways. Preterm birth is a significant cause of infant mortality globally. The study also found variations in stillbirth rates across different countries. The findings highlight the importance of studying the effects of lockdown measures on birth outcomes.

NATURE HUMAN BEHAVIOUR (2023)

Article Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems

Echocardiography protocol and cardiometabolic phenotyping in Indian birth cohorts-the IndEcho study

Senthil K. Vasan, Anoop George Alex, Ambuj Roy, Mahasampath Gowri, Sikha Sinha, Jenifer Suresh, Reesa Susan Philip, Jolly Kochumon, Neetu Jaiswal, Geethanjali Arulappan, Lakshmy Ramakrishnan, Harshpal Singh Sachdev, Nikhil Tandon, Nihal Thomas, Felix Jebasingh, Clive Osmond, Fredrik Karpe, Santosh K. Bhargava, Belavendra Antonisamy, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Caroline H. D. Fall, Viji S. Thomson, IndEcho Study grp

Summary: This study describes the image-acquisition methods, reproducibility of measurements, and detailed echocardiography characteristics in two large Indian population-based cohorts. The results showed that South Asian Indians have smaller cardiac dimensions and normal systolic and diastolic function, but with a higher prevalence of hypertension, diabetes, and obesity.

FRONTIERS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE (2023)

Article Endocrinology & Metabolism

Availability and access to pediatric diabetes care: a global descriptive study

Aman B. Pulungan, Carine de Beaufort, Amajida F. Ratnasari, Helena A. Puteri, Laura Lewis-Watts, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta

Summary: Ten years after the discovery of insulin, the increasing prevalence of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) has highlighted the existing inequalities in the provision of essential care for T1DM worldwide. An electronic survey was conducted among pediatric societies worldwide to investigate the access to and availability of pediatric diabetes care. The results showed significant disparities in the access, availability, and affordability of diabetes testing, medications, and support, indicating the need for country- and region-specific improvements to national programs to achieve optimal pediatric diabetes care globally.

CLINICAL PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY (2023)

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