Nutritional status of school-age children and adolescents in low-and middle-income countries across seven global regions: a synthesis of scoping reviews

SV Wrottesley, E Mates, E Brennan, V Bijalwan… - Public health …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Objective: To summarise available evidence on the nutritional status of school-age children
and adolescents (5–19 years) from seven global regions and on interventions implemented …

Burden and determinants of anemia among Under‐Five children in Africa: systematic review and meta‐analysis

SE Tadesse, AA Zerga, TC Mekonnen, AW Tadesse… - Anemia, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction. Globally, anemia among under‐five children is a serious public health problem.
Even if there are pocket studies here and there, there is limited evidence on the pooled …

Factors associated with anemia among children aged 6–23 months attending growth monitoring at Tsitsika Health Center, Wag‐Himra Zone, Northeast Ethiopia

H Woldie, Y Kebede, A Tariku - Journal of nutrition and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Globally, about 47.4% of children under five are suffering from anemia. In
Ethiopia, 60.9% of children under two years are suffering from anemia. Anemia during …

Factors associated with anemia status among children aged 6–59 months in Ghana, 2003–2014

LM Shenton, AD Jones, ML Wilson - Maternal and child health journal, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background In 2008, 78% of Ghanaian children under 5 years old were anemic
versus 48% of children globally. In this study, we identified proximal and distal determinants …

Risk factors of anaemia among children under five years in the Hohoe municipality, Ghana: a case control study

PA Parbey, E Tarkang, E Manu, H Amu, MA Ayanore… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Anaemia is one of the major causes of death among children under five years
in Ghana. We examined the risk factors of anaemia among children under five years in the …

Prevalence of anemia in Chinese children and adolescents and its associated factors

J Wu, Y Hu, M Li, J Chen, D Mao, W Li, R Wang… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
In this study, we assessed the hemoglobin levels and anemia status of Chinese children and
adolescents from the Chinese National Nutrition and Health Survey (CNNHS) in 2010–2012 …

[HTML][HTML] Geographic variation and factors associated with anemia among under-fives in India: A multilevel approach

J Yadav, N Nilima - Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health, 2021 - Elsevier
This study investigates the individual, household, and community-level determinants of
anemia and to report the locations with poor anemia status among under-fives. A secondary …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence and factors associated with anemia among children under 5 years of age—Uganda, 2009

MP Menon, SS Yoon… - The American journal …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Anemia in children under 5 years of age, defined by the World Health Organization as a
hemoglobin concentration< 11 g/dL, is a global public health problem. According to the …

Soil transmitted helminth infections in Ghana: a ten year review

M Ahiadorme, E Morhe - Pan African Medical Journal, 2020 - ajol.info
For more than a decade, intervention programs have been instituted in Ghana to combat soil
transmitted helminth (STHs) infections. Knowledge of the trend of the infection in the country …