Maternal knowledge on iron and folic acid supplementation and associated factors among pregnant women in a rural County in Kenya

Iron and folic acid supplementation (IFAS) programme is a key global intervention for control of anaemia in pregnancy. Due to persistently high anaemia rates during pregnancy, Kenya, adopted IFAS programme in 2010 as a high impact nutrition interventions to control anaemia in pregnancy. Despite free provision of IFAS tablets, compliance has remained low over the years. Studies have associated high maternal knowledge with higher supplement use....