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24 questions · 24 findings · 2 reviews · Headline outcomes only

No studies found 5 · 20.8%GRADE not reported 11 · 45.8%Very low 2 · 8.3%Low 2 · 8.3%Moderate 3 · 12.5%High 1 · 4.2%

Home (point‐of‐use) fortification of foods with multiple micronutrient powders vs placebo or no intervention

Anaemia · children aged 6 to 23 months

Home (point‐of‐use) fortification of foods with multiple… probably leads to lower anaemia (haemoglobin values lower than 110 g/L) compared with no intervention or placebo (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Home (point‐of‐use) fortification of foods with multiple micronutrient powders vs placebo or no intervention

Iron deficiency (as defined by trialists) · children aged 6 to 23 months

Home (point‐of‐use) fortification of foods with multiple… leads to lower iron deficiency (as defined by trialists) compared with no intervention or placebo (high certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Home (point‐of‐use) fortification of foods with multiple micronutrient powders vs an iron‐only supplement

Anaemia · children aged 6 to 23 months

Home (point‐of‐use) fortification of foods with multiple… showed no clear difference in anaemia (haemoglobin values lower than 110 g/L) compared with an iron‐only supplement (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Home (point‐of‐use) fortification of foods with multiple micronutrient powders vs iron folic acid (IFA)

Maternal iron deficiency at term or near term (as defined by authors of the trials, based on any indicator of iron status at 34 weeks' gestation or more) · women during pregnancy
1 finding from 1 review