
Results, and Innovations in Nutrition Globally (SPRING) project to Health Service requested USAIDs Strengthening Partnerships, Interventions to control malaria and helminth infection. The USAID/MOST project, developed the five-year Integrated AnaemiaĬontrol Strategy in 2003, which targeted pregnant women, preschoolĪnd school-aged children with food-based interventions as well as Service, in collaboration with stakeholders and with the support of Malaria prevention, diagnosis, and treatment helminth preventionĪnd control and nutrition-related interventions. The main approaches to managing anemia include Multiple factors, anemia requires a package of mitigating Results in a high burden of morbidity and mortality. That affects children and women throughout the life course and Vi | A Landscape Analysis of Anemia and Anemia Programming inīackground and Methods Anemia is an urgent public health problem WASH water supply, sanitation, and hygiene SPRING Strengthening Partnerships, Results, and Innovations in NESSAP National Environmental Sanitation Strategy and Action IPTp intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy Ī Landscape Analysis of Anemia and Anemia Programming in Ghana |Īcronyms and Abbreviations ACT artemisinin-based combination Analysis of Falter Points Related to Distribution andĬonsumption of IFA during Pregnancy in 2014. Percentage of Married Women with Unmet Need for Family (Contraceptive Prevalence Rate), by Education Level and Total, 2008ġ0. Percentage of Married Women Currently Using Contraception Selected Complementary Feeding Indicators among Children 623 Selected WHO/UNICEF Indicators on Breastfeeding Practices in Coverage Estimates of Sanitation Facilities in Ghana, 1990ħ. Deworming during Pregnancy and Routine Deworming, 2008 andĦ. Selected Malaria Control Indicators, 2014ĥ. Prevalence of Anemia and Malaria among Children under Five byĤ. Anemia Prevalence among Women Age 15-49 by Severity, 2008 andĢ014.ģ. Anemia Prevalence among Children Age 659 Months by Systematic Review of Sub-national and Regional Studies That Systematic Review of Sub-national and Regional Studies that Odds Ratios of Risk Factors for any Anemia (HbĬ6. Prevalence of Anemia in Women Age 1549 by Background Prevalence of Anemia in Children Age 659 Months byīackground Characteristics, 2008 (N=2,313) and 2014 (N=2,568)Ģ. Falter Point Analysis of IFA in Pregnancy Systematic Literature Review FindingsĪppendix D. Regression of Anemia on Risk Factors and ProgramsĪppendix C. Search Strategy for Systematic ReviewĪppendix B. Prevalence of Risk Factors for Anemia and Status of AnemiaĪppendix A. Trends in Anemia Prevalence among Children and Women of

HdavisTypewritten TextPhoto Credit: SPRING/Ghana SPRING 1616 Fort Myer Drive 16th Floor Arlington, VA 22209 USA It is our hope that this landscape analysis willĬontribute to discussions on prioritizing and integrating anemia

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Of the SPRING/Ghana country office, provided high-level directionĪnd feedback. Esi Amoaful and Kate Quarshie, from the nutritionĭepartment at the Ghana Health Service, and Fiona Edwards, director Sununtnasuk, Teemar Fisseha, Wilfred Forfoe, Edward Bonku, andĭenish Moorthywould like to thank the individuals who contributed Strengthening Partnerships, Results, and Innovations in NutritionĪcknowledgments The authorsJolene Wun, Sorrel Namaste, Celeste Landscape Analysis of Anemia and Anemia Programming. Recommended Citation SPRING, Ghana Health Service. Responsibility of JSI, and do not necessarily reflect the views of International Development (USAID) under the terms of theĬooperative Agreement AID-OAA-A-11-00031 (SPRING), managed by JSI Support of the American people through the United States Agency for Partners Helen Keller International, The Manoff Group, Save theĬhildren, and the International Food Policy Research Institute.ĭisclaimer This document is made possible by the generous Managed by the JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc., with USAID-funded Cooperative Agreement to strengthen global and countryĮfforts to scale up high-impact nutrition practices and policiesĪnd improve maternal and child nutrition outcomes. Innovations in Nutrition Globally (SPRING) project is a five-year Ghana Landscape Analysis of Anemia and Anemia ProgrammingĪbout SPRING The Strengthening Partnerships, Results, and
