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Maternal Anemia Brief

 

Maternal Anemia: A Preventable Killer (2006)

See also: Emergency Nutrition; Women and Adolescent Nutrition

Meta-analysis has shown that iron deficiency anemia (IDA) is associated with 22 percent of maternal deaths and 24 percent of neonatal deaths. The analysis has also shown that correcting anemia of any severity reduced the risk of death. This important finding is different from the earlier view that only severe anemia is associated with increased mortality. This brief 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 FANTA.

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