The Knowledge Hub brings together existing knowledge, guidance, tools, and other useful resources related to women’s nutrition, maternal nutrition, and evidence-based interventions targeting women, such as prenatal multiple micronutrient supplementation (MMS).
The Knowledge Hub is a dynamic, publicly accessible repository. It will be expanded and further improved over time, and we ask for your help in this. Please share any resources that you believe should be included in this Knowledge Hub, and send them to [email protected].
SEARCH TIPS
Key scientific articles on evidence related to MMS.
MMS during pregnancy – Cochrane Review 2019
IPD Analysis on benefits of MMS – 2017
Maternal and Child Undernutrition Progress – The Lancet Series
Top policy briefs and guides for advocating for maternal nutrition and MMS.
FAQ and Advocacy Brief on MMS in WHO’s EML
Useful tools for introducing MMS in countries.
Interim Country-level Decision-making Guidance for Introducing MMS
Formative Research in Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Tanzania and Madagascar.
The WHO Model List of Essential Medicines (EML) and Model List of Essential Medicines for Children are updated and published every two years, intended as a guide for countries or regional authorities to adopt or adapt in accordance with local priorities and treatment guidelines for the development and updating of national essential medicines lists. Considering the national disease burden and clinical need, inclusion in the EML can lead to improved access to essential medicines with lower costs within health care systems. In 2021, the 22nd EML includes multiple micronutrient supplements (MMS) for the first time.
This is an FAQ and Advocacy Brief for the Inclusion of Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation (MMS) into the WHO’s Model List of Essential Medicines to help improve women’s nutrition during pregnancy.
This Coffee and Chai Chat with Mr. Toslim Uddin Khan is on the MMS Experience in Bangladesh.
This Coffee and Chai Chat with Dr. Kristen Hurley is on Implementation Research on MMS.
This Coffee and Chai Chat with Dr. Megan Bourassa is on the Evidence on Adherence to MMS.
This Coffee and Chai Chat with Dr. Mulamba Diese is on increasing access to multiple micronutrient supplementation (MMS) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
This Coffee and Chai Chat with Dr. Hema Divakar & Dr. Saskia Osendarp is on the role of nutrition in maternal health.
This Coffee and Chai Chat with Dr. Zulfiqar Bhutta is on the Evidence for Transitioning from IFA to MMS.
This Coffee and Chai Chat with Kalpana Beesabathuni is on the Supply Readiness Assessment Tool for MMS by Sight and Life.
This White Paper on Nutrition Improvement Solutions by DSM explains how micronutrient supplements can reduce nutritional anemia during pregnancy and improve birth outcomes.
