22,000
Participants
Start Date
November 30, 2018
Primary Completion Date
November 3, 2022
Study Completion Date
December 16, 2022
Daily 500 mg elemental calcium as calcium carbonate
Pregnant women in this arm will be provided and counselled to take three tablets, one containing 500 mg elemental calcium as calcium carbonate and 2 placebo supplements daily (total of 500 mg daily). The supplements in India will also contain 83.3 IU each of vitamin D3, for a total of 250 IU daily. No vitamin D3 will be given in Tanzania.
Daily1500 mg elemental calcium as calcium carbonate
Pregnant women in this arm will be provided and counselled to take three tablets each containing 500 mg elemental calcium as calcium carbonate daily (total of 1500 mg daily) as currently recommended by the World Health Organization. The supplements in India will also contain 83.3 IU each of vitamin D3, for a total of 250 IU daily. No vitamin D3 will be given in Tanzania.
St. John's Research Institute, Bangalore
Africa Academy for Public Health, Dar es Salaam
Ifakara Health Institute, Dar es Salaam
St. John's Research Institute
OTHER
Ifakara Health Institute
OTHER
Africa Academy for Public Health
OTHER
Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)
OTHER