Anaemia in low-income and middle-income countries

Gender inequalities in excess adiposity and anaemia combine in a large double burden of malnutrition gap detrimental to women in an urban area in North Africa

“…the increased gender gap in overweight we observed among parous women) obviously has biological roots but is also linked to social issues (3,42) . For anaemia, we found much less variation in the very high gender inequality based on the factors studied: as prevalence is quite low among men, this result is in accordance with results of other studies, in this mostly urban North African setting, showing weak socio-economic patterning in anaemia among women only (13,21) , although this does not appear to be so in all LMIC (43) . The very large gender inequality in anaemia could be due to gender differences in genetic Hb disorders, exposure and inflammation response to infectious diseases or adiposity-induced inflammation, or the adequacy of nutrient intake and absorption (34,43) , which are linked to both sex-linked biological differences and social gender issues.…”

Prevalence of Iron Deficiency Anemia in Pregnant Women of District Mardan, Pakistan

“…Three types of anemia during pregnancy are severe anemia when hemoglobin concentration is less than 7.0 g/dL, moderate when hemoglobin falls between 7.0-9.9 g/dL and mild anemia when hemoglobin level range from 10.0 to 11.0 g/dL [3,4]. Anemia has a variety of converging contributing factors including nutritional, genetic, frequent labour, multiparity, abortions and infectious disease, however, iron deficiency is the cause of 75% of anemia cases [1,5,6]. The major causes of iron deficiency include insufficient intake of iron-rich foods and poor bioavailability of consumed iron in relation to the need during pregnancy [7].…”

Influence of zero-valent iron nanoparticles’ oral administration on the myometrial contractility in mice with experimental iron deficiency anemia

“…Незважаючи на сучасні досягнення медици-ни і фармакології у галузі ефективного лікування патологій різного ґенезу, залізодефіцитний стан (ЗС) та залізодефіцитна анемія (ЗА) все ще зали-шаються однією з невирішених проблем [1,2]. Так, Всесвітня організація охорони здоров'я відносить залізодефіцитний стан та залізодефіцитну анемію до десяти основних факторів ризику, що підвищу-ють захворюваність та смертність населення [3].…”