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Implementation of Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation (MMS) for Pregnant Women in Uganda
Led by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health · Updated on 2025-07-03
4077
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
80 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
J
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Lead Sponsor
V
Vitamin Angels
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The objective of this research is to understand how antenatal multiple micronutrient supplements (MMS) can be effectively implemented and scaled within the Uganda national health system context to support improved maternal nutrition and birth outcomes. Formative research has been conducted to design the implementation strategies that will be tested in this second phase of the study. The objectives are to: * Describe the implementation of the MMS intervention (which consists of MMS product, a social behavior change communication (SBCC) strategy, capacity building, MMS supply chain support, monitoring, and evaluation) and explore acceptability, feasibility, fidelity, coverage, and potential for sustainability. * Determine the effect of dispensing MMS in different bottle counts on MMS adherence and ANC attendance among pregnant women. * Determine the cost and budget impact of MMS intervention implementation integrated in the Ugandan ANC service delivery system
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Implementation of Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation (MMS) for Pregnant Women in Uganda
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Pregnant women with 24 weeks of amenorrhea or less verified by health professionals
- Attending first antenatal care visit at government or private-not-for-profit health facilities
- Accepted to take multiple micronutrient supplements at first antenatal care visit
- Currently pregnant or no more than 8 weeks postpartum
- Received MMS at an antenatal care visit at least 3 months ago or more
- Attended at least two monthly antenatal care visits
- Attending or attended antenatal care at government or private-not-for-profit health facilities
- Healthcare providers currently providing antenatal care health education or counseling at government or private-not-for-profit facilities
- Spouse or partner of a pregnant woman or woman with a child less than 8 weeks old receiving or having received antenatal care services in one of the study districts
- Mother or mother-in-law of a pregnant woman or woman with a child less than 8 weeks old receiving or having received antenatal care services in one of the study districts
- Health workers providing antenatal care services at government or private-not-for-profit facilities in study districts
- Health facility staff such as facility in-charge, maternity in-charge, pharmacy/stores in-charge at government or private-not-for-profit facilities in study districts
- Voluntary Health Team members, Mentor Mothers, or Para-socials attached to at least one study facility
- National, regional, or district-level decision-makers working in nutrition, maternal, newborn, and child health or related roles associated with antenatal care in Uganda
- Implementing partners involved in direct implementation of MMS within the study districts
- Women who have been pregnant or delivered within the study period and live in one of the selected districts
You will not qualify if you...
- Pregnant women with pre-existing hematological conditions such as sickle cell anemia, thalassemia, or hemochromatosis
- Pregnant women planning to relocate outside the study district during the study period
- Women enrolled in the pregnancy follow-up group (sample 1) if in the single contact group (sample 2)
- Women more than 8 weeks postpartum
- Healthcare providers who have not provided written informed consent to have antenatal care sessions observed
- Women who moved to the district after delivery during the household coverage survey
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Lyantonde GH
Lyantonde, Uganda
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
H
Harriet Babikako, PhD
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Number of Arms
3
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