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Vitamin B12 (B12) deficiency is highly prevalent in countries where animal source food intake is low. Poor B12 status is associated with adverse outcomes in pregnancy and infancy, and low breast milk B12. This dissertation presents the results of a randomized, controlled trial i…

Anemia of pregnancy remains highly prevalent in Senegal despite the national iron/folic acid (IFA) supplementation program, which consists of providing prescriptions to purchase IFA to women during prenatal visits. The purpose of this study was to provide a framework for recomme…

Human activities play a large role in the threatened persistence of wildlife populations. Overhunting, overharvesting, and habitat loss are primary drivers in declines in abundance for many species. An additional risk comes from decreased connectivity between population fragment…