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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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WHO antenatal care recommendations for a positive pregnancy experience: Nutritional interventions update: Vitamin D supplements during pregnancy [Internet].

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Dissemination and implementation of recommendations

Recommendation dissemination

This updated guideline will be available online for download and also as a printed publication. Online versions will be available via the websites of the WHO Departments of SRH, NFS and MCA, and through the WHO Reproductive Health Library (RHL)1 and e-Library of Evidence for Nutrition Actions (eLENA).2 Print versions will be distributed to WHO regional and country offices, ministries of health, WHO collaborating centres, nongovernmental organization partners, among others, using the same distribution list that was developed for the WHO 2016 ANC guideline (1).

The updated recommendation and updated derivative products, in particular, the WHO Antenatal Care Recommendations Adaptation Toolkit and its Instruction Manual, will be disseminated during meetings and scientific conferences attended by WHO staff. To increase awareness of the updated recommendation, social media channels will be used. The executive summary and recommendation from this publication will be translated into the six United Nations languages for dissemination through the WHO regional offices and during meetings organized by, or attended by, WHO staff.

Implementation considerations and applicability issues

This updated recommendation updates and does not alter the respective WHO ANC guideline recommendation on vitamin D supplementation (recommendation A9) (1). The GDG agreed that there were no new implementation considerations or applicability issues specific to this recommendation, as the intervention is not recommended. For GDG considerations relevant to this recommendation, stakeholders should refer to the “Remarks” section beneath the recommendation in the “Evidence and recommendations” section. For general implementation considerations related to WHO recommendations on antenatal care for a positive pregnancy experience, please refer to this 2016 guideline (1) and associated derivative products, which are available on the WHO website.

Footnotes

1

RHL is available at: http://apps​.who.int/rhl/en/.

2

eLENA is available at: https://www​.who.int/elena/en/.

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