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WHO antenatal care recommendations for a positive pregnancy experience: Nutritional interventions update: Vitamin D supplements during pregnancy [Internet]. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2020.

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Annex 1External experts and WHO staff involved in the preparation of the guideline

WHO Steering Group

  • María Barriex
    Technical Officer
    Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research (SRH)
    Maternal and Perinatal Health
  • Maurice Bucagu
    Medical Officer
    Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescent Health and Ageing (MCA)
    Policy, Planning and Programme Unit
  • Olufemi T. Oladapo
    Medical Officer/Unit Head
    Department of SRH
    Maternal and Perinatal Health
  • Juan Pablo Peña-Rosas
    Head, Cross-cutting Global Initiatives
    Department of Nutrition and Food Safety (NFS)
  • Lisa Rogers
    Technical Officer
    Department of NFS
    Food and Nutrition Actions in Health Systems (AHS)
  • Özge Tunçalp
    Scientist
    Department of SRH
    Maternal and Perinatal Health

Guideline Development Group

  • Niveen Abu-Rmeileh
    Professor
    Institute of Community and Public Health
    Birzeit University
    West Bank, Occupied Palestine Territory
  • Luz María De-Regil
    Director, Founder and President
    Nutrition Developments
    Ottawa, Canada
  • Atf Ghérissi
    Assistant Professor
    Faculty of Health Sciences and Techniques
    Tunis El Manar University
    Tunis, Tunisia
  • Gill Gyte
    Consumer Editor
    Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth Group
    Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust
    Liverpool, United Kingdom
  • Rintaro Mori
    Professor in Health Policy for Children and Families, Graduate School of Medicine
    Kyoto University
    Kyoto, Japan
  • James Neilson (GDG Chair)
    Coordinating Editor
    Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth Group
    University of Liverpool
    Liverpool, United Kingdom
  • Lynnette Neufeld
    Director, Knowledge Leadership
    Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)
    Washington (DC), USA
  • Lisa M. Noguchi
    Director, Maternal Newborn Health
    Jhpiego
    Baltimore, Maryland, USA
  • Nafissa Osman
    Associate Professor
    Faculty of Medicine
    Eduardo Mondlane University
    Maputo, Mozambique
  • Erika Ota
    Professor
    St Luke’s International University
    Tokyo, Japan
  • Robert Pattinson
    Director
    South Africa Medical Research Center (SAMRC)/University of Maternal and Infant
    Health Care Strategies Research Unit
    Pretoria, South Africa
  • Harshpal Singh Sachdev
    Senior Consultant in Pediatrics and Clinical Epidemiology
    Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science and Research
    New Delhi, India
  • Rusidah Selamat
    Deputy Director
    Nutrition Policy and Planning at the Nutrition
    Division, Ministry of Health
    Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • Charlotte Warren
    Director, Ending Eclampsia Project
    Senior Associate, Maternal and Newborn Health
    Population Council
    Washington (DC), USA
  • Charles Wiysonge
    Director
    South Africa Cochrane Centre
    Cape Town, South Africa

Observers

  • Hani Fawzi
    Director of projects for the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO)
    Representative for FIGO
    Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
  • Elaine Gray
    United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
    Center for Population, Health and Nutrition
    Washington (DC), USA
  • Jeffrey Smith
    Deputy Director (Maternal, Newborn, Child Health Team)
    Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
    Seattle, Washington, USA
  • Petra ten Hoop-Bender
    Technical Adviser for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
    UNFPA
    Geneva, Switzerland
  • Lisa Welcland
    Global Midwifery Advisor for the German Association of Midwives
    Representative for the International
    Confederation of Midwives
    Germany

Systematic reviewers and methodologists

  • Edgardo Abalos
    Vice Director
    Centro Rosarino de Estudios Perinatales (CREP)
    Rosario, Argentina
  • Monica Chamillard
    Obstetrician and Gynecologist
    CREP
    Rosario, Argentina
  • Virginia Diaz
    Obstetrician and Gynecologist
    CREP
    Rosario, Argentina
  • Therese Dowswell
    Systematic Reviewer
    The Evidence-based Medicine Consultancy Ltd
    Bath, United Kingdom
  • Leanne Jones
    Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth Group
    University of Liverpool
    Liverpool, United Kingdom
  • Theresa Lawrie
    Director
    The Evidence-Based Medicine Consultancy Ltd
    Bath, United Kingdom
  • Myfanwy Williams
    Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth Group
    University of Liverpool
    Liverpool, United Kingdom

External Review Group

  • Rodolfo Gomez Ponce de Leon
    Reproductive Health Advisor
    Latin American Center for Perinatology, Women and Reproductive Health (CLAP/WR)
    Montevideo, Uruguay
  • Tamar Kabakian
    Associate Professor
    Health Promotion and Community Health Faculty of Health Sciences
    American University of Beirut
    Beirut, Lebanon
  • Petr Velebil
    Obstetrician
    Perinatal Centre of the Institute for the Care of Mother and Child
    Prague, Czech Republic
  • Yacouba Yaro
    Director General
    Center for Studies, Research and Training for Economic and Social Development (CERFODES)
    Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
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