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Anaemia cases: Prof. Afolabi, medical experts unveil IVON-IS project findings

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It was a gathering of who-is-who in Nigeria’s medical field when experts gathered in Lagos on Monday.

Venue was the prestigious Radisson Blu Hotel, GRA, Ikeja where stakeholders held a Dissemination Workshop

on the Implementation Research for Intravenous Iron Use in Pregnant and Postpartum Nigerian Women (IVON-IS).

The project was aimed to test strategies to strengthen routine screening for anaemia during and immediately after pregnancy and conditions necessary within the health system to deliver IV iron to pregnant and post-partum women with moderate to severe anaemia, iron deficiency anaemia, which is a major concern in Sub-Saharan Africa including Nigeria, in pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum.

The research team members included experts from the Maternal and Reproductive Health Collective (MRH) and College of Medicine, University of Lagos, led by Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Prof. Bosede Afolabi.

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