Investigating the spatial variation and risk factors of childhood anaemia in four sub-Saharan African countries

DJ Roberts, G Matthews, RW Snow, T Zewotir… - BMC public health, 2020 - Springer
Background The causes of childhood anaemia are multifactorial, interrelated and complex.
Such causes vary from country to country, and within a country. Thus, strategies for anaemia …

Prevalence of anemia and associated factors in children living in urban and rural settings from Bata District, Equatorial Guinea, 2013

P Ncogo, M Romay-Barja, A Benito, P Aparicio… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Anemia in children under 5 years of age is a global public health problem. According to the
World Health Organization the current rate of anemia among preschool aged children in …

Mapping the risk of anaemia in preschool-age children: the contribution of malnutrition, malaria, and helminth infections in West Africa

RJ Soares Magalhães, ACA Clements - PLoS medicine, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Background Childhood anaemia is considered a severe public health problem in most
countries of sub-Saharan Africa. We investigated the geographical distribution of prevalence …

Possible determinants and spatial patterns of anaemia among young children in Nigeria: a Bayesian semi-parametric modelling

E Gayawan, ED Arogundade, SB Adebayo - International health, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Background Anaemia is a global public health problem affecting both developing and
developed countries with major consequences for human health and socioeconomic …

The changing importance of key factors associated with anaemia in 6‐to 59‐month‐old children in a sub‐Saharan African setting where malaria is on the decline …

R Nkulikiyinka, A Binagwaho… - Tropical Medicine & …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To estimate the relative contribution of malaria and other potential determinants to
current anaemia prevalence in Rwanda. Methods The database for this study was the …

A scoping review of the risk factors associated with anaemia among children under five years in sub-Saharan African countries

PE Obasohan, SJ Walters, R Jacques… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Background/Purpose: Globally, anaemia is a severe public health condition affecting over
24% of the world's population. Children under five years old and pregnant women are the …

Bayesian random effects modelling with application to childhood anaemia in Malawi

A Ngwira, LN Kazembe - BMC public health, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Background Epidemiological studies in Malawi on child anaemia have neglected
the community spatial effect to childhood anaemia. Neglecting the community spatial effect …

Regional disparities in the decline of anemia and remaining challenges among children in Tanzania: analyses of the Tanzania demographic and health survey 2004 …

BF Sunguya, S Zhu, LS Paulo, B Ntoga… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The burden of child anemia is on the decline globally but remains prevalent in low-and
middle-income countries, including Tanzania. Evidence suggests regional variation and a …

Anemia prevalence and its predictors among children under‐five years in Ghana. A multilevel analysis of the cross‐sectional 2019 Ghana Malaria Indicator Survey

JMK Aheto, Y Alhassan, AE Puplampu… - Health Science …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Aims Despite the implementation of anemia control interventions
in Ghana, anemia prevalence is still high in children under‐fives. Reducing the prevalence …

[PDF][PDF] Spatial heterogeneity of haemoglobin concentration in preschool-age children in sub-Saharan Africa

RJS Magalhães, ACA Clements - Bulletin of the World Health …, 2011 - SciELO Public Health
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether blood haemoglobin concentration in preschool-age
children (< 5 years of age) is geographically heterogeneous in sub-Saharan Africa and …