High burden of anemia among pregnant women in Tanzania: a call to address its determinants.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Anemia in pregnancy is behind a significant burden of maternal mortality and poor birth outcomes globally. Efforts to address it need evidence on trends and its pertinent factors as they vary from one area to another.

Methods

We pooled data of 23,203 women of reproductive age whose hemoglobin levels were measured from two Tanzania Demographic and Health Surveys (TDHS). Of them, 2,194 women were pregnant. Analyses employed descriptive analyses to determine the burden of anemia, its characteristics, and severity; GIS mapping to determine the regional changes of anemia between 2005 and 2015; and logistic regression to determine the remaining determinants of anemia among pregnant women using Stata 15.

Results

The burden of anemia among pregnant women in Tanzani

SUBMITTER: Sunguya BF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8268339 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature