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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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Acronyms and abbreviations

ANC

antenatal care

CI

confidence interval

CREP

Centro Rosarino de Estudios Perinatales (Argentina)

DECIDE

Developing and Evaluating Communication Strategies to Support Informed Decisions and Practice Based on Evidence

DOI

declaration of interest

eLENA

WHO e-Library of Evidence for Nutrition Actions

ERG

External Review Group

EtD

evidence-to-decision

FIGO

International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics

GDG

Guideline Development Group

GDM

gestational diabetes mellitus

GRADE

Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation

GRADE-CERQual

Confidence in the Evidence from Reviews of Qualitative Research

GSG

Guideline Steering Group

HIC

high-income country

ICM

International Confederation of Midwives

IFA

iron and folic acid

LMIC

low- and middle-income country

MCA

Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing

NFS

Nutrition and Food Safety

PICO

population, intervention, comparator, outcome

PPH

postpartum haemorrhage

QES

qualitative evidence syntheses

RCT

randomized controlled trial

RHL

WHO Reproductive Health Library

RNI

recommended nutrient intake

RR

risk ratio

SGA

small for gestational age

SHR

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research

UN

United Nations

UNDP

United Nations Development Programme

UNFPA

United Nations Population Fund

UNICEF

United Nations Children’s Fund

UNIMMAP

United Nations International Multiple Micronutrient Antenatal Preparation

USAID

United States Agency for International Development

WHO

World Health Organization

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