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Maternal Anemia: A Preventable Killer

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Sort Desciption: Iron deficiency is one of the most prevalent nutritional deficiencies in the world and is reported by the World Health Organization (WHO) to affect four to five billion people. WHO estimates that two billion people suffer from anemia. ...

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Iron deficiency is one of the most prevalent nutritional deficiencies in the world and is reported by the World Health Organization (WHO) to affect four to five billion people. WHO estimates that two billion people suffer from anemia. Approximately 50% of all anemia is estimated to be due to iron deficiency, a condition of deteriorating iron reserves in the body caused by low dietary intake of iron, poor absorption of dietary iron, or blood loss (for example, from hookworm, repeated childbirth or heavy menstruation) which leads to loss of iron. Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) is the most severe form of iron deficiency, and results when the bodys iron supply cannot support production of hemoglobin in adequate amounts to maintain normal functioning of the body. Anemia from other causes (and therefore, not iron deficiency anemia), results from malaria or from genetic disorders, among other causes. Other micronutrient deficiencies (e.g., vitamins A, B6 and B12, riboflavin, and folic acid) are also known to cause anemia (Figure 1). Anemia and iron deficiency remain at epidemic levels among women and children in many nations. Given the availability of proven interventions to prevent and treat anemia caused by a variety of determinants, the persistent high prevalence represent a lack of political will and failure of the public health sector. New estimates of the Iron is critical to oxygen transport in the body In the human body, iron is present in all cells and has several vital functions as a carrier of oxygen to the tissues from the lungs in the form of hemoglobin (Hb); as a facilitator of oxygen use and storage in the muscles as myoglobin and as an integral part of enzymes. Anemia is defined as a low level of Hb in blood. numbers of maternal and perinatal deaths associated with iron deficiency anemia underscore the urgent need to refocus resources and public health priorities to more effectively t ...

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