Project Lead(s): Husni Muadz
In this 10-year follow-up of the Supplementation with Multiple Micronutrients Intervention Trial (Summit), the Summit Institute of Development (SID) in Mataram, Indonesia, will assess the health and cognitive development of children at 8-11 years of age whose mothers had consumed multiple micronutrient supplements, as compared to iron and folic acid, during pregnancy and three months postpartum. Nearly 30,000 children will be assessed for school performance, mortality and morbidity, with approximately 3,000 of these to be evaluated for cognition, developmental status, and physiological and immune function.
The scientists aim to document the scope and pathways whereby maternal nutrition may have long-term effects on human potential, thereby providing needed evidence to inform global policy.