The stagnation of child anaemia (6-23 months) in Tanzania from 2004 to 2022: a missed opportunity during the 'first 1000 days'.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Child anaemia remains a major public health concern in low- and middle-income countries, particularly among children aged <2 years. Given Tanzania's slow progress towards addressing this challenge, despite the implementation of targeted national strategies, we aimed to examine the prevalence and associated factors of anaemia in children aged <2 years.

Methods

This cross-sectional study was based on secondary data from the Tanzania Demographic and Health Surveys (2004-2005, 2010, 2015-2016, and 2022). We applied individual sampling weights to ensure national representativeness and used descriptive analyses to estimate the prevalence of child anaemia, both overall and in specific age group distributions (6-23 and 24-59 months), by severity. Then, employed geographic

SUBMITTER: Wang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12900548 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature