Maternal Anemia: A Preventable KillerSee
Also: Emergency Nutrition; Women
and Adolescent Nutrition
Recent meta-analysis showed that Iron Deficiency Anemia (IDA) is associated
with 22% of maternal deaths and 24% of neonatal deaths. The analysis also showed
that correcting anemia of any severity reduced the risk of death. This is a new
finding and different from the earlier view that only severe anemia is associated
with increased mortality. The new brief, "Maternal Anemia: A Preventable Killer,"
details the causes and consequences of iron deficiency, IDA and anemia, and emphasizes
the importance of implementing a package of interventions to address multiple
causes of anemia. The brief is a product of a collaboration among USAID's A2Z
Micronutrient and Child Blindness Project, ACCESS Program, and Food and Nutrition
Technical Assistance (FANTA) Project.
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