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Anemia Toolkit

Fortification of Wheat and Maize Flour with Folic Acid for Population Health Outcomes

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Anemia
This Cochrane Systematic Review synthesizes the evidence pertaining to the safety and health benefits of folic acid fortification of wheat and maize flour for folate status and health outcomes in the overall population, compared to wheat or maize flour without folic acid.
Anemia Toolkit

Fortification of Staple Foods with Vitamin A for Vitamin A Deficiency

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Anemia
This Cochrane Systematic Review synthesizes the evidence pertaining to the effects of fortifying staple foods with vitamin A in reducing vitamin A deficiency and improving health‐related outcomes in the general population older than 2 years.
Anemia Toolkit

Food Fortification with Multiple Micronutrients: Impact on Health Outcomes in General Population

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Anemia
This Cochrane Systematic Review synthesizes the evidence pertaining to the impact of food fortification with multiple micronutrients on health outcomes in the general population, including men, women, and children.
Anemia Toolkit

Evidence of the Effectiveness of Flour Fortification Programs on Iron Status and Anemia: A Systematic Review

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Anemia
This systematic review synthesizes the evidence pertaining to the impact of government-supported, widely implemented flour fortification on iron status and anemia.
Anemia Toolkit

Micronutrient Powder Toolkit

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Anemia
This Micronutrient Powder Toolkit is a systematically organized collection of tools and resources relevant to micronutrient powder programs, with a focus on planning and implementation stages. It complements the MNP Implementation Manual, which is available on the same site.
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Maternal Anemia during Pregnancy and Small for Gestational Age: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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Anemia
This systematic review aims to determine the relationship between maternal anemia during pregnancy and newborns small for gestational age. The review considers 10 studies including more than 600,000 pregnant women and identifies a nonsignificant relationship between maternal anemia during pregnancy and small-for-gestational-age births.
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Oral Iron Supplements for Children in Malaria‐Endemic Areas

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Anemia
This Cochrane Systematic Review aims to evaluate the effects and safety of iron supplementation, with or without folic acid, in children living in areas with hyperendemic or holoendemic malaria transmission.
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Measuring Performance: A Strategy to Improve Programs

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Anemia
This article stresses the importance of evaluation as a tool for improving the design and implementation of effective programs to reduce iron deficiency anemia and advocate for their continued and increased support.
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Gap Analysis: Information Needed for Consensus on Policies and Programs to Improve Iron Nutrition

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Anemia
This article seeks to identify the key gaps in information that must be filled to move toward consensus on policies and programs to improve iron nutrition. The article elaborates on the evidence for efficacy and potential effectiveness of intervention strategies and highlights major obstacles of and potential risks for supplying iron to vulnerable populations.
Anemia Toolkit

Maternal Hookworm Infection and Its Effects on Maternal Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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Anemia
This systematic review synthesizes the evidence on the association between maternal hookworm and maternal anemia, as well as maternal hookworm co-infection with malaria.
Anemia Toolkit

Technical Brief: Maternal Anemia Control: What Health Policymakers Can Do

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Anemia
This fact sheet highlights actions to fulfill the vision of reducing maternal and neonatal deaths and improve health, productivity, and economic development.
Anemia Toolkit

Iron and Cognitive Development: What Is the Evidence?

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Anemia
This review synthesizes the evidence on the effect of iron supplementation in infants and children on early and long-term child cognitive development. The findings indicate a potential benefit of oral iron treatment for cognitive performance in anemic primary-school children.
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Minerals in Pregnancy and Lactation: A Review Article

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Anemia
This review provides information on the role of minerals in pregnancy and lactation and their rate of consumption, as well as complications induced by their deficiency or excess use. The function of minerals, their recommended daily intake, as well as maximum allowable daily intake for adults, pregnant, and lactating women are described.
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Iron Interventions for Women and Children in Low-Income Countries

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Anemia
This review highlights how iron interventions might be positioned within four global health initiatives: making pregnancy safer, saving newborn lives, infant and young child feeding, and fortification.
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Malaria Control Interventions Contributed to Declines in Malaria Parasitemia, Severe Anemia, and All-Cause Mortality in Children Less Than 5 Years of Age in Malawi, 2000-2010

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Anemia
This study evaluates the impact of malaria control efforts on malaria morbidity and all-cause childhood mortality in Malawi between 2000 and 2010.
Anemia Toolkit

Point-of-Use Fortification of Foods with Micronutrient Powders Containing Iron in Children of Preschool and School-Age

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Anemia
This systematic review synthesizes evidence on the effects of point‐of‐use fortification of foods with iron‐containing micronutrient powders alone, versus in combination with other vitamins and minerals, on nutrition, health, and development among children of preschool and school age, compared with no intervention, a placebo, or iron‐containing supplements.
Anemia Toolkit

Iron Deficiency Anaemia

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Anemia
This book chapter provides a comprehensive review of the literature linking iron deficiency to disability and death, including child mortality, perinatal mortality, maternal mortality, and mild mental retardation outcomes.
Anemia Toolkit

The Inherited Disorders of Hemoglobin: An Increasingly Neglected Health Burden

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Anemia
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.
Anemia Toolkit

Effect of Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation During Pregnancy on Maternal and Birth Outcomes

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Anemia
This systematic review evaluates the evidence of the impact of multiple-micronutrient supplements during pregnancy, in comparison with standard iron–folic acid supplements, on specific maternal and pregnancy outcomes of relevance to the Lives Saved Tool (LiST).
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Effect of Timing of Umbilical Cord Clamping of Term Infants on Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes

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Anemia
This Cochhrane Systematic Review synthesizes the evidence on the effects of early cord clamping compared with late cord clamping on maternal and neonatal outcomes from 15 trials.