Though the use of routine iron and folate supplementation in pregnancy has been abandoned in industrial countries where anaemia and subclinical deficiency are rare, this approach almost certainly has a place in areas where they are common; acceptable doses of inexpensive oral supplements can prevent anaemia from developing or treat mild to moderate disease
Ngakhale kuti kugwiritsidwa ntchito kwachitsulo chokhazikika ndi folate supplementation pa mimba kwasiyidwa m'mayiko ogulitsa mafakitale kumene kuchepa kwa magazi m'thupi ndi kuchepa kwa subclinical kumakhala kosowa, njira iyi pafupifupi imakhala ndi malo m'madera omwe amapezeka; Mlingo wovomerezeka wamankhwala amkamwa otsika mtengo ungalepheretse kuchepa kwa magazi m'thupi kapena kuchiza matenda ocheperako 