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Juan Pablo Peña-Rosas
Researcher at World Health Organization
Publications - 93
Citations - 7624
Juan Pablo Peña-Rosas is an academic researcher from World Health Organization. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Pregnancy. The author has an hindex of 29, co-authored 92 publications receiving 5819 citations. Previous affiliations of Juan Pablo Peña-Rosas include Centers for Disease Control and Prevention & University of Toronto.
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Global, regional, and national trends in haemoglobin concentration and prevalence of total and severe anaemia in children and pregnant and non-pregnant women for 1995–2011: a systematic analysis of population-representative data
Gretchen A Stevens,Mariel M. Finucane,Luz Maria De-Regil,Christopher J. Paciorek,Seth Flaxman,Francesco Branca,Juan Pablo Peña-Rosas,Zulfiqar A Bhutta,Majid Ezzati +8 more
TL;DR: Children's and women's haemoglobin statuses improved in some regions where concentrations had been low in the 1990s, leading to a modest global increase in mean haemochemistry and a reduction in anaemia prevalence between 1995 and 2011.
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Global maize production, utilization, and consumption
TL;DR: Low production costs, along with the high consumption of maize flour and cornmeal, especially where micronutrient deficiencies are common public health problems, make this food staple an ideal food vehicle for fortification.
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Effects and safety of periconceptional oral folate supplementation for preventing birth defects
TL;DR: The results of the first comparison, involving 6708 births with information on NTDs and other infant outcomes, show a protective effect of daily folic acid supplementation (alone or in combination with other vitamins and minerals) in preventing N TDs compared with no interventions/placebo or vitamin and minerals without folic Acid.
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WHO recommendations on antenatal care for a positive pregnancy experience-going beyond survival.
Ӧzge Tunçalp,Juan Pablo Peña-Rosas,Theresa A Lawrie,Maurice Bucagu,Olufemi T Oladapo,Anayda Portela,A Metin Gülmezoglu +6 more
TL;DR: This poster presents a poster presented at the 2015 United Nations General Assembly of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) entitled “On the Road to Sustainable Development: Foundations of Reproductive Health and Research, 2nd Ed.”
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Vitamin D supplementation for women during pregnancy
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of supplementing with vitamin D alone or in combination with calcium or other vitamins and minerals given to women during pregnancy can safely improve maternal and neonatal outcomes.