
Anaemia - World Health Organization (WHO)
Feb 10, 2025 · Anemia is major public health concern, mainly affecting young children, pregnant and postpartum women, and menstruating adolescent girls and women. Low- and lower …
Anaemia - World Health Organization (WHO)
Dec 10, 2025 · The most common nutritional cause of anaemia is iron deficiency, although deficiencies in folate, vitamins B12 and A are also important causes. Anaemia is a serious …
Anaemia - World Health Organization (WHO)
What does this indicator tell us? The indicator anaemia has a wide variety of causes. Iron deficiency is considered to be the most common cause of anaemia; other causes include …
Sickle-cell disease - World Health Organization (WHO)
Aug 6, 2025 · WHO fact sheet on sick-cell disease, including information on causes and risk factors, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prevention and management and WHO's work on the …
Anémie - World Health Organization (WHO)
Feb 10, 2025 · L’anémie est une maladie qui se caractérise par un nombre de globules rouges ou un taux d’hémoglobine des globules rouges inférieur à la normale. Elle touche principalement …
Combatting anaemia through improved measurement, diagnosis …
Feb 13, 2025 · Anaemia is an indicator of overall health, with its causes ranging from nutritional deficiencies and infections to inflammation, gynaecological and obstetric conditions, and …
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Apr 3, 2025 · The causes of anaemia are often complex, involving micronutrient deficiencies, infections, inflammation, chronic diseases and inherited red blood cell disorders. For …
Lead poisoning - World Health Organization (WHO)
Sep 27, 2024 · Lead is a naturally occurring toxic metal found in the Earth’s crust. Its widespread use has resulted in extensive environmental contamination, human exposure and significant …
Accelerating anaemia reduction: a comprehensive framework for …
May 12, 2023 · However, anaemia is a complex condition with multiple causes – including other nutritional deficiencies, infections, inflammation, gynaecological and obstetric conditions, and …
Many pregnancy-related complications going undetected and …
Mar 8, 2025 · In addition to outlining the major direct obstetric causes, it shows that other health conditions, including both infectious and chronic diseases like HIV/AIDS, malaria, anaemias, …