ONTARIO — Sunrise Christian Church and the TEN18 Foundation are teaming up to offer a drop-in vacation Bible school on Saturday. The event will be from 10 a.m. to noon
Take folic acid three months before pregnancy, experts advises women
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Take folic acid three months before pregnancy, experts advises women
WITH the number of children born with spina bifida and hydrocephalus in the country keeps increasing, experts stress the need for women planning to become pregnant to take folic acid and eat foods which are high in folate three months before they conceive.
Promoting folic acid as food fortification or as a supplement has been cited as among effective means of protection against the rare diseases. The number of children born with diseases is increasing in both Tanzania mainland and Zanzibar. At least 3 out of 100 or 1,000 children are born with the disorders.