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WHO recommendation: Calcium supplementation during pregnancy for the prevention of pre-eclampsia and its complications. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2018.

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The Department of Reproductive Health and Research, the Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health, and the Department of Nutrition for Health and Development of the World Health Organization (WHO) gratefully acknowledge the contributions of many individuals and organizations to the updating of this recommendation. Work on this update was coordinated by Olufemi Oladapo, Joshua Vogel and A. Metin Gülmezoglu of the WHO Department of Reproductive Health and Research.

WHO extends its sincere thanks to Edgardo Abalos, Ebun Adejuyigbe, Shabina Ariff, Jemima Dennis-Antwi, Luz Maria De-Regil, Christine East, Lynn Freedman, Pisake Lumbiganon, Anita Maepioh, James Neilson, Hiromi Obara, Rachel Plachcinski, Zahida Qureshi, Kathleen Rasmussen, Niveen Abu Rmeileh and Eleni Tsigas who served as members of the Guideline Development Group (GDG), and to Zahida Qureshi (Chair) and Jim Neilson (Vice-Chair) for leading the meeting. We also thank José Guilherme Cecatti, Sylvia Deganus, M Jeeva Sankar, Hayfaa Wahabi, Jack Moodley, Jane Sandall, Ola Shaker and Nguyen Xuan Hoi who were members of the External Review Group. WHO also gratefully acknowledges the contribution of the members of the Executive Guideline Steering Group.

Anna Cuthbert, Leanne Jones, Frances Kellie and Myfanwy Williams reviewed the scientific evidence, prepared the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) tables and drafted the narrative summary of evidence. Joshua Vogel and Olufemi Oladapo revised the narrative summaries and double-checked the corresponding GRADE tables and prepared the Evidence-to-Decision frameworks. Joshua Vogel, Olufemi Oladapo, A. Metin Gülmezoglu, Ana Pilar Betrán, Lisa Rogers, Maria Pura Solon, Özge Tuncalp and Mercedes Bonet commented on a preliminary draft document before discussions and deliberations by the WHO Guideline Development Group members. The External Review Group peer reviewed the final document prior to executive clearance by WHO and publication.

We acknowledge the various organizations that were represented by observers, including Deborah Armbruster and Mary-Ellen Stanton (United States Agency for International Development), Kathleen Hill (Maternal and Child Survival Program/Jhpiego), Jerker Liljestrand (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation), Lesley Page (International Confederation of Midwives), Gerard Visser (International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics) and Charlotte Warren (Ending Eclampsia Project, Population Council). We also appreciate the contributions of WHO Regional Office staff – Nino Berdzuli, Bremen De Mucio, Chandani Anoma Jayathilaka, Ramez Khairi Mahaini, Léopold Ouedraogo and Howard Sobel.

WHO acknowledges the financial support for this work received from the United States Agency for International Development, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Department of Reproductive Health and Research. WHO emphasizes that donors do not participate in any decision related to the guideline development process, including the composition of research questions, membership of the guideline development groups, conducting and interpretation of systematic reviews, or formulation of the recommendation. The views of the funding bodies have not influenced the content of this recommendation.

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