It is highly important to prioritize the options for
prevention and management of iron deficiency anemia
during pregnancy because high prevalence of iron
deficiency in the developing world has substantial
health and economic costs, including poor pregnancy
outcome, impaired school performance, and decreased
productivity.4
Baseline characteristics of study population showed
30% of women were experiencing their first pregnancy,
which reflects the poor nutritional status of women in the
third world countries. This has also been documented in
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2009 also that over 50%
of the pregnant women in low- and middle-income
countries suffer from iron deficiency anemia.15