date:Sep 06, 2012
folic acid medication programs. Between 2008 and 2011 the level of women with blood folate levels that put them at risk of having a neural tube defect (NTD) affected pregnancy has nearly halved.
Folic acid plays an important role in reducing NTDs in babies, but fortification of bread is only one part of a wider package of initiatives.
Other initiatives in place include the existing voluntary fortification of a range of other foods and Ministry of Health initiatives such as providing education