Global prevalence of anemia in displaced and refugee children: A comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Anemia due to living condition disproportionally affects the global refugee children. Nutritional deficiency particularly iron deficiency is the primary causes of anemia. Hence, we conducted a systemic review and meta-analysis on the prevalence of anemia among refugee children.

Methods

We searched systematically all relevant studies on the prevalence of anemia among refugee children including under the age of 18 years, which were conducted between 2009 and 2023 in English from PubMed, Embase, Scopus, Cochran library and other gray literatures such as google scholar. Two researchers independently screened articles based on their title and abstract. The Joana Brigg's Institute (JBI) checklist was used to assess the quality of studies. Random effect model was utilize

SUBMITTER: Teketelew BB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11584123 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature