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The Importance and Limitation of Food Fortification for the Management of Nutritional Anemia
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Anemia
This book chapter highlights important considerations with regards to food fortification and how it can be used as an approach to managing nutritional anemias. The chapter highlights how food fortification can be leveraged and discusses limitations.
Anemia Toolkit
Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes Related to Iron Supplementation or Iron Status: A Summary of Meta-Analyses
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Anemia
This review was conducted to derive an umbrella summary of meta-analyses performed to evaluate the effects and associations of iron supplementation or iron status on maternal and birth/neonatal outcomes. Evidence from 16 meta-analyses suggests beneficial effects of multiple-micronutrient supplementation on some neonatal outcomes.
Anemia Toolkit
Nutritional Impact of Intestinal Helminthiasis during the Human Life Cycle
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Anemia
This review summarizes the evidence regarding how helminths interact with host nutrition during the human life cycle.
Anemia Toolkit
Qualitative Research Instrument on Perceptions of Anemia and Use of Iron Tablets—The Indramayu Project, Indonesia
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Anemia
This research instrument, which was developed by the Manoff Group for the USAID-funded MotherCare Project, was used in formative research for the Indramayu Project. One component of research tested ways to improve the existing iron supplementation program for pregnant women in this Indonesian region.
Anemia Toolkit
The Global Burden of Anemia
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Anemia
This article provides a framework for understanding the population-specific epidemiology and pathophysiology of anemia globally. The authors used the systematic approach of the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors 2013 study to elucidate levels and trends of anemia-related disability.
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National Strategy for Anaemia Prevention and Control in Bangladesh
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Anemia
This National Strategy aimed to reduce the prevalence of anemia among high-risk groups in Bangladesh by 2015 by 25 percent. The strategy identifies comprehensive interventions aimed at high-risk groups, in particular infants and young children, adolescent girls, newly wed women, and pregnant and breastfeeding women.
Anemia Toolkit
Nepal: National Anemia Control Strategy for Women and Children
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Anemia
This report presents an outline of the strategy designed to control anemia in Nepal.
Anemia Toolkit
Iron Biofortification Interventions to Improve Iron Status and Functional Outcomes
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Anemia
This systematic review was conducted to evaluate the evidence of the efficacy of iron biofortification interventions on iron status and functional outcomes. Five studies from 3 randomized efficacy trials (rice, pearl millet, beans) conducted in India, the Philippines, and Rwanda were included.
Anemia Toolkit
Iron Deficiency and Reduced Work Capacity: A Critical Review of the Research to Determine a Causal Relationship
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Anemia
This systematic review synthesizes the evidence pertaining to the relationship between iron deficiency and physical work capacity in animals and humans.
Anemia Toolkit
Prevention and Control of Iron Deficiency: Policy and Strategy Issues
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Anemia
This article highlights the lack of mechanisms at the country and global levels to ensure that effective measures for prevention and control of iron deficiency are implemented.
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Beyond Survival: 2nd Edition. Integrated Delivery Care Practices for Long-Term Maternal and Infant Nutrition, Health and Development
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Anemia
This Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) report reviews the current evidence pertaining to immediate and long-term nutritional and health benefits of three practices:
1. Delayed umbilical cord clamping
2. Early and continued mother-to-newborn skin-to-skin contact
3. Early initiation of exclusive breastfeeding
Anemia Toolkit
Helminth Infections and Micronutrients in School-Age Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
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Anemia
This systematic review synthesizes the evidence pertaining to the relationship of helminth infections with micronutrient status in school-age children worldwide, and concludes that evidence from observational studies and randomized controlled trials suggests distinct associations between helminth infections and micronutrients in school-age children.
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Public Health Deworming Programmes for Soil‐Transmitted Helminths in Children Living in Endemic Areas
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Anemia
This systematic review synthesizes the evidence pertaining to the effects of public health programs to regularly treat all children with deworming drugs on child growth, hemoglobin, cognition, school attendance, school performance, physical fitness, and mortality.
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Mass Deworming for Improving Health and Cognition of Children in Endemic Helminth Areas: A Systematic Review and Individual Participant Data Network Meta‐Analysis
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Anemia
This Cambell Systematic Review synthesizes the evidence pertaining to the impact of differing types and frequency of deworming drugs on anemia, cognition, and growth across potential effect modifiers. Evidence from 19 studies suggests little effect on nutritional status or cognition; however, children with heavier-intensity infections may benefit more.
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Anaemia Prevention Badge Project
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Anemia
This document described the Girl Guides Anemia Prevention Badge Project. In partnership with the African Regional Office of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, FANTA designed the Girl Guides Anemia Prevention Badge Project to reach adolescent girls in East and Southern Africa with information and activities on anemia prevention and control.
Anemia Toolkit
How to Add Deworming to Vitamin A Distribution
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Anemia
This manual, which is intended for use by health planners, contains information on the benefits of deworming in preschool children, practical information about deworming drugs, and provides insights into experiences from three countries where deworming has been added to existing vitamin A distribution programs.
Anemia Toolkit
Pharmaceutical Management for Micronutrients and Anemia-Reduction Medicines
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Anemia
This presentation from the Manoff Group highlights supply chain considerations, from a pharmaceutical perspective, for medicines and supplements aimed at supplying micronutrients and combating anemia.
Anemia Toolkit
Deworming in Non-pregnant Adolescent Girls and Adult Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
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Anemia
This systematic review synthesizes the evidence pertaining to the impact of deworming on parasite load, nutritional status, and other health outcomes of nonpregnant adolescent girls and adult women.
Anemia Toolkit
National Anemia Profiles
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Anemia
These profiles provide a snapshot of country-specific national anemia profiles developed by SPRING. Each profile provides information on:
the causes and burden of anemia,
the policy environment,
program indicators that allow monitoring progress against anemia targets.
Anemia Toolkit
MotherCare Indonesia Resources
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Anemia
The MotherCare Project, a USAID-funded program, was aimed at preventing maternal and perinatal mortality and morbidity. The project included activities that engaged in a series of applied research initiatives and offered short-term technical and training support. Examples of resources developed for use in Indonesia include pill reminders and other communication materials.