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Lead
The Hospital for Sick Children
With
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Baylor College of Medicine
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Saving Lives at Birth
Grand Challenges Canada
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Government of Norway
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
World Bank
Age
18–30
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
You may be eligible if
Women aged 18 to 30 years
Current residence in Dhaka at a fixed address
Plan to remain in Dhaka for at least 2 months from date of enrolment
Gestational age of 27 completed weeks ± 1 week, estimated based on the recalled first day of the last menstrual period (LMP)
You may not be if
Complicated medical or obstetric history, based on self-report or clinical assessment by physician (e.g., cardiovascular disease, uterine hemorrhage, placenta previa, threatened abortion, hypertension, preeclampsia, multiple gestation, diabetes, renal disease)
Higher risk pregnancy based on one or more of the following clinical findings at time of recruitment:
* Severe anemia (hemoglobin \<70 g/L assessed by Hemocue)
* Proteinuria (≥ 100 mg/dl based on urine dipstick)
* Glycosuria (≥ 100 mg/dl based on urine dipstick)
* Hypertension (systolic blood pressure, ≥140 mm Hg and/or diastolic blood pressure ≥90 mm Hg)
Reported use of dietary supplements that contain \>500 mg of calcium per day and/or \>400 IU (10 mcg) of vitamin D per day
Reported use (chewing) of betel leaf, areca nut and lime (together referred to locally as paan) during pregnancy
Clareo Health | Encapsulated Calcium Absorption in Pregnancy
