SynthesisItalian journal of pediatrics2018
Male and undernourished children were at high risk of anemia in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- A systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence and predictors of anemia among children in Ethiopia.African health sciences · 2020Pooled it
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- Socio-ecological determinants of multiple anthropometric failures among under-five children: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Childhood undernutrition mediates the relationship between open defecation with anemia among Ethiopian children: a nationally representative cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Prevalence and Determinants of Undernutrition in Schoolchildren in the Kilombero District, South-Eastern Tanzania.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2024Article
- Anemia in children aged 6-59 months was significantly associated with maternal anemia status in rural Zimbabwe.Food science & nutrition · 2023Article
- Association of minimum dietary diversity with anaemia among 6-59 months' children from rural India: An evidence from a cross-sectional study.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2023Article
- Impact of Agricultural Irrigation on Anemia in Western Kenya.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2022Article
- Prevalence and Correlates of Anemia among Adolescents Living in Hodeida, Yemen.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Risk factors of anemia among preschool children in Ethiopia: a Bayesian geo-statistical model.BMC nutrition · 2022Article
- Anemia in African malnourished pre-school children: A systematic review and meta-analysis.SAGE open medicine · 2022Article
- Prevalence and associated risk factors of asymptomatic malaria and anaemia among school-aged children in Dara Mallo and Uba Debretsehay districts: results from baseline cluster randomized trial.Malaria journal · 2021Article
- Factors associated with childhood anaemia in Afro-descendant communities in Alagoas, Brazil.Public health nutrition · 2021Article
- Asymptomatic SubmicroscopicThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2020Article
- Heart Failure in Ethiopian Children: Mirroring the Unmet Cardiac Services.Ethiopian journal of health sciences · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundAnemia is one of the global public health problems affecting more than one-third of the world population. It has been strongly associated with limited psychomotor development; and poor growth and performance in cognitive, social, and emotional function in children. Despite published data revealed that anemia is a public health problem among children in Ethiopia, there is no a pooled national estimate on the prevalence and associated risk factors of anemia.
methodsPublished articles until December 31, 2017, were searched using comprehensive search strings through PubMed/Medline, EMBASE, SCOPUS, HINARI, Web of Science, Google Scholar and Google. Reference probing of published articles and hand searching were employed for grey literature. Two groups of review authors independently appraised the studies for eligibility and extracted the data. The quality of articles was assessed using Joana Brigg's institute critical appraisal checklist for prevalence and analytical studies. The pooled estimates were determined using random effect model. Heterogeneity between the included studies was assessed using the I
resultsOf the total 871 articles retrieved, 34 articles which involved 61,748 children were eligible for meta-analysis. The overall pooled prevalence of anemia using random effect model was 31.14% (95% CI: 24.62, 37.66%). In subgroup analysis, the pooled prevalence of anemia was higher among preschool-aged children (44.17%; 95% CI: 37.19, 51.15%) than school-aged children (22.19%; 95% CI: 17.54, 26.83%). Furthermore, the odds of anemia was higher among children who were male (OR = 1.11; 95% CI: 1.03, 1.19), stunted (OR = 1.95; 95% CI: 1.52, 2.51), and wasted (OR = 2.05; 95% CI: 1.36, 3.10).
conclusionThe pooled prevalence of anemia among children was high, indicating that it had been continuing to be a public health problem. Therefore, there is a need to design a comprehensive prevention and control strategies to reduce its burden.
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