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The objective of this article is to identify whether antenatal care\u2010seeking was associated with the uptake of iron supplementation among pregnant women, adjusting for a range of covariates. This article used data from the cross\u2010sectional recent Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) of 12 countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America &amp; the Caribbean regions. The individual\u2010level data from 273,144 women of reproductive age (15\u221249 years) were analysed from multi\u2010country DHS. Multiple Logistic regression analyses were conducted using Predictive Analytics Software for Windows (PASW), Release 18.0. Receiving at least four antenatal care visits was significantly associated with the consumption of 90 or more iron\u2010containing supplements in 12 low and middle income\u00a0countries across three regions after adjusting for different household and respondent characteristics, while mass media exposure was found to be a significant predictor in India and Indonesia. 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