Micronutrient intake and prevalence of micronutrient inadequacy among women (15-49 y) and children (6-59 mo) in South Kivu and Kongo Central, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 15; no. 6; p. e0223393
• Main Authors: Moumin, Najma A, Angel, Moira Donahue, Karakochuk, Crystal D, Michaux, Kristina D, Moursi, Mourad, Sawadogo, Kossiwavi Améwono Ayassou, Foley, Jennifer, Hawes, Meaghan D, Whitfield, Kyly C, Tugirimana, Pierrot L, Bahizire, Esto, Akilimali, Pierre Z, Boy, Erick, Sullivan, Thomas R, Green, Tim J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 12.06.2020; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age; Anemia; Beans; Biochemistry; Biological Transport; Biology and Life Sciences; Cassava; Child; Child, Preschool; Children; Children & youth; Deficiency Diseases - epidemiology; Democratic Republic of the Congo - epidemiology; Diet; Dietary intake; Female; Ferritin; Food; Food intake; Food production; Health care; Households; Humans; Infant; Infants; Iron; Male; Medical research; Medicine and Health Sciences; Methods; Micronutrients - metabolism; Middle Aged; Mothers; Nutrient deficiency; Nutrients; Nutrition; Palm oil; People and Places; Physical sciences; Population; Population studies; Prevalence; Provinces; Public health; Retinene; Studies; Towns; Vitamin A; Young Adult; Zinc; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Canada; Australia; Congo-Democratic Republic of Congo; United States > US; Adelaide South Australia Australia; Kongo

Iron biofortified beans and carotenoid enriched cassava are proposed as a solution to combat iron and vitamin A deficiencies, respectively, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). To inform the need for biofortified foods, we conducted a survey in 2014 in two provinces of the DRC, South Kivu and...