Impact of Scaling Up Prenatal Calcium Supplementation on Long-Term Maternal Noncommunicable Disease Risks: A Modeling Study Across 132 Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Objectives: Prenatal calcium supplementation reduces the risk of pre-eclampsia (PE), which is an established risk factor for long-term maternal non-communicable disease (NCD). We quantified the impact of scaling up calcium supplementation coverage to 90% on reducing later-life NCD risk factors and cause-specific mortality among mothers in 132 LMICs.
Authors
- Divya Bhandari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7720-9150)
- Wafaie Fawzi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-600X)
- Mandana Arabi
- Goodarz Danaei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2456-5463)
Institutions
- Harvard University (US)
- Nutrition International (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Current Developments in Nutrition
- Published
- 2025-05-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cdnut.2025.106796
- Primary Topic
- Birth, Development, and Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00