A prevalence survey of iron deficiency and iron deficiency anaemia in pregnant and lactating women, adult males and pre-school children in Zimbabwe

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 297-305

  Sikosana, P L N ^a   Bhebhe, S ^a   Katuli, S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; ZIMBABWE;

ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SAMPLING STUDIES; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 10644227096     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Martinez H, Gonzalez-Cosso T, Flores M, Rivera-Domingo J, Lazana MA, Sepulveda-Amor J. Anaemia in women of reproductive age. The results of a national probability survey (Spanish). Salud Publica de Mexico March to April 1995;34(2):8-19.
2. Rodolfo F, Romulda M, Guerriei. Prevalence of nutritional anaemia in infancy and childhood with emphasis on developing countries. Iron nutrition in infancy and childhood. Stekel A, editor. Nestle, 1984.
3. Hubbard S. Iron and folate supplements during pregnancy: supplementation valuable only in selected patients. BMJ 1988;297:1324-6.
4. Royston E, Amstrong S. Preventing maternal deaths. Geneva: WHO, 1989:233.
5. Sikosana PLN. An evaluation of the quality of antenatal care at rural health centres in Matebeleland North Province. Cent Afr J Med 1994;40(10):268-72.
6. Reuben P. Women, malaria, special risks and appropriate control strategy. Soc Sci Med 1970;30(4):473-80.
7. Report of a WHO group of experts on nutrition anaemia. WHO Technical Report Series No. 503, 1972.
8. Fleming AF. Iron deficiency in the tropics. Scand J Haematol 1977;Suppl 32:315-21. 1977.
9. Cook JD, Skilene BS, Baynes RD. Iron deficiency: the global perspective (Review). Advances in Exp Med Biol 1994;356:219-28.
10. Fleming AF. Iron deficiency in the tropics, Clin Haematol 1982;2:359.
11. Buchanan WM. Iron deficiency anaemia in Rhodesian Africans. Cent Afr J Med 1968;14(1):5-10.
12. Nemapare P. Maternal health and nutrition survey for Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe. An appraisal of pregnant women. Nutrition Report International. 39(20):265.
13. David E- Sahn, Richard Lockwood, Nevin S. Methods for the evaluation of the impact of food and nutrition programmes. Food and Nutr Bull Supplement 8. The United Nations University, 1984.
14. Milman N, Clausen JO. Iron status in young Danish men and women: a population survey comprising 548 individuals. Ann Haematol April 1995;70(4):215-21.
15. John Snow Inc. Micro Nutrient Update. International Nutrition Anaemia Consultative Group. September, 1997.
16. Menendez C, Todd J, Alonso PL, Francis N, Caesay S, Greenwood BM, et al. The effects of iron supplementation during pregnancy, given by Traditional Birth Attendants (TBA), on the prevalence anaemia and malaria. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg Sept to Oct 1994;88(5):590-3.
17. Del Rosso JM. Investing in nutrition with World Bank assistance. Investment in nutrition with the World Bank, 1992.
18. Stoltzfus RJ. Rethinking anaemia surveillance. Lancet 1997:349:1764-66.
19. Simons WK, Justin PJ, Fox K, Spence M, Gueri M. A survey of the anaemia status of pre-school age children and pregnant and lactating women in Jamaica. Am J Clin Nutr February 1982;35:319-26.
20. Alizon D. Child development and iron deficiency. Partnership for child development. USAID. Report of a Consultative Meeting at the University of Oxford. September 16-17 1996 [OMNI].
21. Michaelson KF, Milman N, Samuelson G. A longitudinal study of iron status in healthy Danish infants: effects of early iron status, growth velocity and dietary factors. Acta Paediatr 1995;84;1035-44.
22. Cook JD. Iron deficiency anaemia (IDA). Baillieres Clinical Haematology. 1994;7(4): 747-804.
23. Leif H, Hulten L, Lindstedt G, Llundberg P, Mack A, Purens J, et al. Prevalence of iron deficiency in Swedish Adolescents. Pediatr Res 1993;34(5):680-6.