Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers have launched one of the largest international efforts to prevent and treat maternal anaemia in developing countries. The study will also investigate the impacts of iron deficiency on the developing infant brain. The trials, in Malawi and Bangladesh, are aiming to recruit more than 6000 women and children.
The research is being led by Institute haematologist Dr Sant-Rayn Pasricha, along with collaborators at the University of Melbourne in Australia, University of Malawi in Africa, and the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research in Bangladesh.
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