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Anaemia - World Health Organization (WHO)
Anemia is major public health concern, mainly affecting young children, pregnant and postpartum women, and menstruating adolescent girls and women. Low- and lower-middle income countries bear the greatest burden of anaemia, particularly affecting populations living in rural settings, in poorer households and who have received no formal education.
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Anaemia - World Health Organization (WHO)
Anaemia can cause a range of non-specific symptoms including tiredness, weakness, dizziness or light-headedness, drowsiness, and shortness of breath, especially upon exertion. Children and pregnant women are especially vulnerable, with more severe cases of anaemia leading to an increased risk of maternal and child mortality. Iron deficiency anaemia has also been shown to affect cognitive and ...
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Anemia - World Health Organization (WHO)
La anemia puede deberse a varios factores: carencias nutricionales, dieta inadecuada (o absorción inadecuada de nutrientes), infecciones, inflamaciones, enfermedades crónicas, afecciones ginecológicas y obstétricas y trastornos hereditarios de los glóbulos rojos.
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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 acute and chronic infections that result in inflammation and blood loss; deficiencies of other vitamins and minerals, especially folate, vitamin B12 and vitamin A; and genetically inherited traits, such as thalassaemia ...
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贫血症 - World Health Organization (WHO)
概述 贫血是指红血球数量或其中的血红蛋白浓度低于正常水平。它主要影响妇女和儿童。 当体内没有足够的血红蛋白将氧气输送到器官和组织时，就会发生贫血。 在严重情况下，贫血会导致儿童认知和运动发育不良。它还可能给孕妇和胎儿带来问题。 贫血可由营养不良、感染、慢性病、月经量大 ...
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Anémie - World Health Organization (WHO)
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 les femmes et les enfants.
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Anaemia in women and children - World Health Organization (WHO)
WHO Global Anaemia estimates, 2025 Edition Global anaemia estimates in women 15-49 years, by pregnancy status Millions of women of reproductive age and children under age five may currently be experiencing fatigue, lethargy, or shortness of breath due to anaemia. Such debilitating symptoms usurp the well-being and productivity of human capital, and in women, in particular, which ultimately ...
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Combatting anaemia through improved measurement, diagnosis and reporting
The Department of Nutrition and Food Safety at the World Health Organization (WHO) has led a coordinated effort to develop, implement and analyse a set of new resources to combat persistently high rates of anaemia around the world
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Guideline on haemoglobin cutoffs to define anaemia in individuals and ...
Appropriate guidelines for measuring haemoglobin and defining anaemia are crucial for both clinical and public health medicine but require consideration of a range of complexities across different populations.
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Concentraciones de hemoglobina para diagnosticar la anemia y evaluar su ...
La finalidad de este documento es proporcionar a los usuarios del Sistema de Información Nutricional sobre Vitaminas y Minerales de la OMS (VMNIS, por sus siglas en ingles) datos acerca del uso de la concentración de hemoglobina para diagnosticar la anemia. Es una compilación de las actuales recomendaciones de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) sobre el tema y en él se resumen los ...