Introduction:
Anemia is one of the most common diseases in the world. Major cause of anemia is iron deficiency. It is prevalent in most parts of the world. Not all anemias are iron deficiency anemias, but most of the anemias are iron deficiency anemia. It accounts for more than half of the cases of anemia worldwide. Anemia is defined as decrease in the number of red blood cells or decrease in level of hemoglobin. It causes major health problems in affected people. Fatigue, cognitive impairment and physical inability are physical manifestations of this disease. Countries which lie south of the Sahara Desert in Africa are called sub-Saharan countries. there are 48 countries in sub Saharan Africa. Data on prevalence of anemia in pregnant women aged between 15-49 years have been collected in 39 countries (81% of the total countries). Out of these countries, twenty-four countries have severe anemic population. Fourteen have moderately anemic population and only 1 country have mildly anemic population.(Organization, 2015) this degree of anemia puts sub-Saharan Africa on top of high risk regions. …show more content…
From nutritional deficiency to infection, it can occur due to a diverse range of problems. there have been a lot of studies done in the world in respect to causes of anemia in pregnant women and its effects on neonates. Focus of this review is sub-Saharan Africa.
A few studies done on pregnant anemic women found no association between maternal anemia and adverse effects on neonate(low birth weight, neonatal anemia or pre-term birth)(Koura et al., 2012) but several studies done in different countries of sub-Saharan Africa show positive co-relation between maternal anemia and its adverse effects on neonates.(Kidanto et al., 2009) The aim of this review is to evaluate the studies, done between Jan 2000 to Jan 2017 in sub-Saharan Africa, to know the causes of anemia in that particular region and its effects on
Anemia is one of the most common diseases in the world. Major cause of anemia is iron deficiency. It is prevalent in most parts of the world. Not all anemias are iron deficiency anemias, but most of the anemias are iron deficiency anemia. It accounts for more than half of the cases of anemia worldwide. Anemia is defined as decrease in the number of red blood cells or decrease in level of hemoglobin. It causes major health problems in affected people. Fatigue, cognitive impairment and physical inability are physical manifestations of this disease. Countries which lie south of the Sahara Desert in Africa are called sub-Saharan countries. there are 48 countries in sub Saharan Africa. Data on prevalence of anemia in pregnant women aged between 15-49 years have been collected in 39 countries (81% of the total countries). Out of these countries, twenty-four countries have severe anemic population. Fourteen have moderately anemic population and only 1 country have mildly anemic population.(Organization, 2015) this degree of anemia puts sub-Saharan Africa on top of high risk regions. …show more content…
From nutritional deficiency to infection, it can occur due to a diverse range of problems. there have been a lot of studies done in the world in respect to causes of anemia in pregnant women and its effects on neonates. Focus of this review is sub-Saharan Africa.
A few studies done on pregnant anemic women found no association between maternal anemia and adverse effects on neonate(low birth weight, neonatal anemia or pre-term birth)(Koura et al., 2012) but several studies done in different countries of sub-Saharan Africa show positive co-relation between maternal anemia and its adverse effects on neonates.(Kidanto et al., 2009) The aim of this review is to evaluate the studies, done between Jan 2000 to Jan 2017 in sub-Saharan Africa, to know the causes of anemia in that particular region and its effects on