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Folic acid should be fortified to most mothers in world and that most
mothers are well aware of the complications if they don't take it.
But do they get at the correct time. Most Sri Lankan women get it
after the first trimester once they get registered in the local clinics.
Most are unaware that it should be taken before conception. So it is high
time we send the correct information to them.
In india , Hospital-based records from major cities of India, where
roughly a quarter of the population resides, identified the frequency of
neural tube defects (NTDs) as ranging from 3·9 to 8·8 per 1000 births, but
the incidence in rural areas is unknown.
The prevalence of Folate deficiency amongst pregnant women is about 27%
(Less than 3.0 ng/ml). It high time that in India also , the compulsory
folate administration should be adopted.
Umesh Kapil
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19 April 2006
Umesh Kapil
Professor, Human Nutrition,AIIMS ,New Delhi, India
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All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
Shoudn't we alert the patients regarding the correct time.
Folic acid should be fortified to most mothers in world and that most
mothers are well aware of the complications if they don't take it.
But do they get at the correct time. Most Sri Lankan women get it
after the first trimester once they get registered in the local clinics.
Most are unaware that it should be taken before conception. So it is high
time we send the correct information to them.
jeevanmarasinghe@yahoo.com
Competing interests:
None declared
Competing interests: No competing interests