Prevalence and risk factors for anaemia in pregnant women of eastern Sudan

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 739-743

  Adam, Ishag ^a   Khamis, Amar H ^b   Elbashir, Mustafa I ^c  

^a New Halfa Teaching Hospital   (Sudan)

^b SUDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Sudan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Epidemiology; Malaria; Pregnancy; Sudan

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN; INSECTICIDE;

AGE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BED NET; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MULTIPARA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PARITY; PICA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUDAN; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALARIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SUDAN;

EID: 23844526589     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.02.008     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. I. Adam G. El-Ghazali M. Mohamedin M.I. Elbashir Anaemia in pregnant Sudanese women: Community-based study Saud. Med. J. 25 2004 1119-1120
2. Adam, I., El-Ghazali, G., Karar, A.A., Elbashir, M.I., in press. Plasmodium falciparum malaria and pregnancy in an area of unstable transmission in eastern Sudan. East Mediterr. Health J.
3. Al Gadal, A.A., 1986. Malaria in the Sudan, in: Buck, A.A., (Ed.), Proceedings of the Conference on Malaria in Africa. American Institute of Biological Sciences, Washington, DC, pp. 156-159.
4. S.E. Anya Seasonal variation in the risk and causes of maternal death in the Gambia: Malaria appears to be an important factor Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 70 2004 510-513
5. M.K. Bouyou-Akotet D.E. Ionete-Collard M. Mabika-Manfoumbi E. Kendjo P.-B. Matsiegui E. Mavoungou M. Kombila Prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum infection in pregnant women in Gabon Malaria J. 2 2003 18
6. Brabin, B., 1991. The risks and severity of malaria in pregnant women. Applied field research in malaria, report no. 1. World Health Organization, Geneva.
7. B. Brabin Fetal anaemia in malarious area: Its causes and significance Ann. Trop. Paediatr. 12 1992 303-312
8. B. Brabin C. Piper Anaemia- and malaria-attributable low birthweight in two populations in Papua New Guinea Ann. Hum. Biol. 24 1997 547-555
9. M. Campbell Z. Abu Sham Sudan: Situational analysis of maternal health in Bara District, North Kordofan World Health Stat. Q. 48 1995 60-66
10. E. DeMaeyer M. Adiels-Tegman The prevalence of anaemia in the world World Health Stat. Q. 85 1985 302-316
11. A. Dicko C. Mantel M. Aly Thera S. Doumbia M. Diallo M. Diakete I. Sagara O. Doumbo Risk factors for malaria infection and anemia for pregnant women in the Sahel area of Bandiagara Mali. Acta. Trop. 89 2003 17-23
12. P.W. Geissler C.E. Shulman R.J. Prince W. Mutemi C. Mnazi H.B. Friss Geophagy, iron status and anaemia among pregnant women on the coast of Kenya Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 92 1998 549-553
13. P.W. Geissler R.J. Prince M. Levene C. Poda S.E. Beckerleg W. Mutemi C.E. Shulman Perceptions of soil-eating and anaemia among pregnant women on the Kenyan coast Soc. Sci. Med. 48 1999 1069-1079
14. S. Giles B.J. Brabin M.A. Yassin L.E. Cuevas Comparison of screening method for anaemia in pregnant women in Awassa Ethiopia. Trop. Med. Int. Health 8 2003 301-309
15. A.A. Hagaz O. Mirghani I. Adam Venous thromboembolism in pregnancy and puerperium in Sudanese women Int. J. Gynaecol. Obstet. 83 2003 309-310
16. F.W. Lone R.N. Qureshi F. Emanuel Maternal anaemia and its impact on perinatal outcome Trop. Med. Int. Health 9 2004 486-490
17. C. Menendez Malaria during pregnancy: A priority area of malaria research and control Parasitol. Today 11 1995 178-183
18. R. Ndyomugyenyi P. Magnussen Anaemia in pregnancy: Plasmodium falciparum infection is an important cause in primigravidae in Homina district, western Uganda Ann. Trop. Med. Parasitol. 93 1999 457-465
19. R.D. Newman A. Hailemariam D. Jimma A. Degefie D. Kebede A.C. Rietveld B.L. Nahlen J.W. Barnwell R.W. Steketee M.E. Parise Burden of malaria during pregnancy in areas of stable and unstable transmission in Ethiopia during a nonepidemic year J. Infect. Dis. 187 2003 1765-1772
20. F. Nosten F.O. Ter Kuile L. Maelankirri B. Decludt N.J. White Malaria during pregnancy in an area of unstable endimicity Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 85 1991 424-429
21. A.J. Rainville Pica practices of pregnant women are associated with lower maternal haemoglobin level at delivery J. Am. Diet. Assoc. 98 1998 293-296
22. S.J. Rogerson N.R. Van den Broek E. Chaluluka C. Qongwane C.G. Mhango M.E. Molyneux Malaria and anaemia in antenatal women in Blantyre Malawi: a twelve-months survey. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 62 2000 335-340
23. H. Sahli Lehrbuch der Klinischen unter Suchungsmethoden 1894 Deuticke Leipzig
24. R. Santiso Effects of chronic parasitosis on women's health Int. J. Gynaecol. Obstet. 58 1997 129-136
25. H. Sartelet I. Milko-Sartelet O. Garraud S. Picot Plasmodium falciparum persists in the placenta after three days' treatment with quinine Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 91 1997 431-435
26. WHO, 1989. Report of the African regional consultation on control of anaemia during pregnancy. World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, Brazzaville.