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Documents included in this toolkit have been identified by members of the USAID Advancing Nutrition Anemia Task Force. The Anemia Task Force members are experts in fields of study related to various aspects of anemia - biology, its assessment, interventions to reduce its burden, and the enabling environment that influences anemia policies and programs. The included resources have been selected for their utility in understanding anemia and relevant to actions that can be taken to reduce it.
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Anaemia, Prenatal Iron Use, and Risk of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Systematic Review published by The BMJ in
This systematic review synthesizes evidence from 48 randomized trials of prenatal iron use as well as 44 prospective cohort studies of prenatal anemia. The findings suggest a substantial improvement in birthweight with daily prenatal iron use and indicate that an improvement in the prenatal mean hemoglobin concentration linearly increased…
Impact of Folate Supplementation on the Efficacy of Sulfadoxine/Pyrimethamine in Preventing Malaria in Pregnancy: The Potential of 5-methyl-tetrahydrofolate
Literature Review published by Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy in
This review synthesizes evidence on malaria folate metabolism and antifolate efficacy in the context of folate supplementation. Findings indicate 1) that there is a dose-dependent effect of folate supplementation on antifolate efficacy and that folic acid doses required for protecting pregnant women from neural tube defects will not decrease…
Implications of Malaria on Iron Deficiency Control Strategies
Literature Review published by Advances in Nutrition in
This review synthesizes evidence on the links between iron and malaria and explores underlying mechanisms such as a possible mechanistic role of hepcidin in the link between malaria, poor absorption of iron, and anemia. The review also highlights the importance of malaria surveillance and control as necessary components of programs to combat iron…
Impact of Increasing Inter-pregnancy Interval on Maternal and Infant Health
Systematic Review published by Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology in
The objective of this systematic review was to assess the impact of increasing interpregnancy intervals (the time between the birth of a previous child and conception of the next child), defined as the time from birth to conception, on maternal and child health outcomes in any setting. The authors found too few higher-quality studies of the impact…
Effects of Birth Spacing on Maternal, Perinatal, Infant, and Child Health: A Systematic Review of Causal Mechanisms
Systematic Review published by Studies in Family Planning in
This systematic review of 58 observational studies identified hypothetical causal mechanisms explaining the effects of short and long intervals between pregnancies on maternal, perinatal, infant, and child health.
The Inherited Disorders of Hemoglobin: An Increasingly Neglected Health Burden
Literature Review published by Indian Journal of Medical Research in
This review presents current global estimates of common inherited hemoglobin disorders such as sickle cell anemia and ß-thalassemia, and highlights the lack of evidence and the need for further research and collaboration in this area.
Anaemia in Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries
Journal Article published by The Lancet in
This article reviews the epidemiology, clinical assessment, pathophysiology, and consequences of anemia in low- and middle-income countries. The review shows a disproportionate concentration of anemia in low socioeconomic groups, and a strong association between maternal and child anemia.
Iron Bioavailability and Dietary Reference Values
Literature Review published by American Journal of Clinical Nutrition in
This review describes the dietary and host factors that have been reported to influence iron bioavailability, and the process by which these factors have been used to establish iron bioavailability values for the estimation of dietary reference values, and the extent to which the bioavailability values could be refined further.