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Setting research priorities for preconception care in low- and middle-income countries: aiming to reduce maternal and child mortality and morbidity
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2013-09Registro en:
Dean, Sohni; Rudan, Igor; Althabe, Fernando; Webb Girard, Aimee; Howson, Christopher; et al.; Setting research priorities for preconception care in low- and middle-income countries: aiming to reduce maternal and child mortality and morbidity; Public Library of Science; Plos Medicine; 10; 9; 9-2013; 1-10; e1001508
1549-1277
CONICET Digital
CONICET
Autor
Dean, Sohni
Rudan, Igor
Althabe, Fernando
Webb Girard, Aimee
Howson, Christopher
Langer, Ana
Lawn, Joy
Reeve, Mary Elizabeth
Teela, Katherine C.
Toledano, Mireille
Venkjatraman, Chandra Mouli
Belizan, Jose
Car, Josip
Chan, Kit Yee
Chatterjee, Subidita
Chitekwe, Stanley
Doherty, Tanya
Donnay, France
Ezzati, Majid
Humayun, Khadija
Jack, Brian
Lassi, Zohra S.
Martorelli, Reynaldo
Poortman, Ysbrand
Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.
Resumen
Preconception care means providing care before pregnancy is established. Women and couples of reproductive age are generally unaware of the effects that their own health conditions and health-related behaviors may have on the fetus during pregnancy. Although antenatal care is set in the maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) continuum [1], it neglects the most critical time of embryonic development, which often occurs before a woman even knows she is pregnant [2]. The evidence increasingly points to earlier care before pregnancy to improve women´s health, and better pregnancy outcomes for the mother and newborn.