ArticleArchives of medical science : AMS2026
A persistent burden: global prevalence of and changes in anaemia by country income in children aged 6-59 months (2000-2019).
Article in Archives of medical science : AMS, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
3 citing papers in PubMed.
- Article
- Paediatric anaemia prevalence trends in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: a 20-year analysis by income level.Journal of global health · 2025Article
- A silent crisis: two decades of anaemia trends among women in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (2000-2019).Archives of medical science : AMS · 2025Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Introduction: Anaemia is a major health concern worldwide. A comprehensive analysis of the global prevalence of anaemia is essential for creating suitable strategies to achieve global disease control goals. This study aimed to examine the prevalence of and changes in anaemia in children on a global scale. The results were stratified by country income. Material and methods: We analysed the prevalence of anaemia among children aged 6-59 months in 189 countries from 2000 to 2019 using data collected by the World Health Organization (WHO). We compared this prevalence with the income earned by each country in 2022. Finally, we calculated the changes in each country's anaemia burden throughout the study period. Results: In 2019, 33.7% of children aged 6-59 months were anaemic globally, compared to 39.8% in 2000. In 2019, the prevalence of anaemia in children exceeded 70% in 11 countries. Anaemia prevalence differed across geographic regions, with the highest incidences observed in Africa and Southern Asia. Our analysis indicated a highly significant association between prevalence of anaemia and country income ( Conclusions: The highest incidence of anaemia was noted in low-income countries. Progress in reducing anaemia among children aged 6-59 months was observed globally, regionally, and in almost every country. Nevertheless, the prevalence of anaemia in children remains significant.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.