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. 2022 Apr 13;19(8):4685.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph19084685.

Anemia in Pregnant Women and Children Aged 6 to 59 Months Living in Mozambique and Portugal: An Overview of Systematic Reviews

Réka Maulide Cane  1   2 , José Braz Chidassicua  1   3 , Luís Varandas  4   5   6 , Isabel Craveiro  2
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Anemia in Pregnant Women and Children Aged 6 to 59 Months Living in Mozambique and Portugal: An Overview of Systematic Reviews

Réka Maulide Cane et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

Introduction: Globally, anemia is still a public health issue faced by people in low and high-income countries. This study gives an overview of published scientific articles related to the prevalence, nutritional indicators, and social determinants of anemia in pregnant women and children aged 6 to 59 months living in Mozambique and Portugal.

Methods: We performed a review of scientific literature in April 2021, searching for published indexed articles in the last 15 years (2003-2018) in electronic databases. Subsequently, quality assessment, data extraction, and content analysis were performed.

Results: We have identified 20 relevant publications. Unsurprisingly, anemia plays a relevant role in disability and life imbalances for these subgroups in Mozambique compared with Portugal. For both countries, data on anemia and iron deficiency in pregnant women and children aged 6 to 59 months old are either outdated or remain unclear. Similarly, studies on social determinants and anemia are also still scarce.

Conclusions: A gap of information on anemia, other nutritional indicators, and social determinants in pregnant women and children between 6 and 59 months of age living in Mozambique and Portugal is highly observed. More research is crucial to help achieve the goals established by the Sustainable Development Goals.

Keywords: Mozambique; Portugal; anemia; children; pregnant women.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Figure 1
PRISMA flow chart describing selection of articles for review on anemia in pregnant women and children aged 6 to 59 months living in Mozambique and Portugal.
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Figure 2
Methodological quality evaluation of articles included.
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Figure 3
Quality assessment of articles included, by AMSTAR 2 critical domains.
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