Prevalence of anemia in Asia is more than 50%. All woman who book for antenatal care with non-anaemic iron deficiency (NAID) can be offered therapeutic doses of parentral iron, as a directly observed complete therapy, to prevent of maternal anaemia and fetal growth restriction. The investigators will compare this intervention with usual care in a multicentre randomised trial.
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Maternal anaemia
Timeframe: 36 weeks' gestation