Over 32 million pregnant women around the world have anemia every year, a condition that limits the blood’s capacity to transport oxygen to the body’s cells. This is a staggering number not only for women but also for their newborns. When a pregnant woman is undernourished, the growing fetus will compound the mother’s health status as well as be impacted by that status. The world is not ignorant to this critical health challenge, though progress to address it has been anemic to say the least.

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