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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.
This toolkit will be updated on a rolling basis – for inquiries or suggestions for resources to add, please contact info@advancingnutrition.org.
Senegal National Nutrition Survey—2018
Technical Report published by GroundWork in
This report documents the results of the 2018 evaluation of food fortification on the nutritional status of children aged 6–59 months and women of childbearing age and compares it to similar results in the 2010 nutrition survey.
Jordan National Micronutrient and Nutrition Survey—2019
Technical Report published by GroundWork in
This report on the national nutrition and micronutrient survey in Jordan, done in 2019, documents the status of anemia and micronutrient deficiencies of iron, vitamin A, zinc, folate, vitamin B12, and vitamin D in children 6–59 months of age; school children 6–12 years; non-pregnant women 15–49 years of age; and pregnant women.
Associations of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices Toward Anemia with Anemia Prevalence and Height-for-Age Z-Score Among Indonesian Adolescent Girls
Journal Article published by Nutrition International in
This study seeks to understand the role of knowledge, attitudes, and practices as a risk factor of anaemia and linear growth problem among adolescent girls in Indonesia.
Approaches to Quantify the Contribution of Multiple Anemia Risk Factors in Children and Women from Cross-Sectional National Surveys
Journal Article published by PLOS Glob Public Health in
Attributable fractions (AF) of anemia are often used to understand the multifactorial etiologies of anemia, despite challenges interpreting them in cross-sectional studies. This study aimed to compare different statistical approaches for estimating AF for anemia due to inflammation, malaria, and micronutrient deficiencies including iron, vitamin A…
Anemia Briefs
Brief published by USAID Advancing Nutrition in
The USAID Advancing Nutrition Anemia Task force, a group of leading experts in anemia research and programming, has developed a report that addresses the complex "ecology" of anemia. We recommend an ecological approach to understand anemia, where we can utilize our knowledge of systems biology to suggest sensitive and specific assessment…
Exploring the Anemia Ecology: A New Approach to an Old Problem Webinar
Webinar published by USAID Advancing Nutrition in
The USAID Advancing Nutrition Anemia Task Force, a multi-disciplinary panel of experts, developed a comprehensive report on anemia that draws from both sentinel and emerging data to help address this gap. The task force recognized that anemia represents an “ecology” (i.e., a complex system interacting with its internal/biological and external/…
Associations Between Type of Blood Collection, Analytical Approach, Mean Haemoglobin and Anaemia Prevalence in Population-Based Surveys: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Systematic Review published by J Global Health in
This study investigates whether differences in mean hemoglobin or prevalence of anaemia between near-in-time surveys of the same population were associated with differences in type of blood collection or analytic approach to hemoglobin measurement, using pairs of population-based surveys that measured hemoglobin in the same population of women of…
The Relationship Between Ferritin and Body Mass Index is Mediated by Inflammation Among Women in Higher-Income Countries, But Not in Most Lower-Income Countries Nor Among Young Children: A Multi-Country Analysis
Journal Article published by Curr Dev Nutr in
This paper describes the relationships between weight status, inflammation, and ferritin among nonpregnant women of reproductive age (15–49 years) and preschool-age children (6–59 months) with normal weight to overweight or obesity in differing geographic settings.