The president of Alamo Pharma Services, Terrell “Terry” Herring provides strategic leadership for all aspects of the company’s operations. Also the president of commercial operations at Mission Pharmacal Company, Terrell Herring works with a dedicated team to fulfill unmet healthcare needs in the country. One of these needs is prenatal vitamins. Less than half of pregnant women in the United States take prenatal vitamins before pregnancy, according to research conducted by The Harris Poll and sponsored by March of Dimes. The research, summarized in a report titled Prenatal Health & Nutrition Survey, queried over 1,000 women between the ages of 18 and 45. The survey was conducted online. Researchers found that only 34 percent of women took multivitamins before finding out they were pregnant. The number was lower for Hispanic women (27 percent) and African-American women (10 percent). This is very alarming, since almost 50 percent of pregnancies in the country are unplanned and many birth defects, such as neural tube defects (NTDs), occur in the first month of pregnancy. This means that women who do not take enough NTD-preventing multivitimins with folic acid before pregnancy and in its early stages have a higher likelihood of giving birth to babies with NTDs. Researchers found two reasons for the late uptake of prenatal vitamins. The first was a lack of public education on the importance of multivitamins before pregnancy. The second was the cost of prenatal care, especially among Hispanic women. Mission Pharmacal Company is working to ensure as many women get access to critical multivitamins before and during pregnancy as possible.
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12/13/2017 08:23:26 pm
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AuthorTerrell Herring began working at Mission Pharmacal Company in 2010, bringing more than 25 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry to his role as President of Commercial Operations. Archives
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