Mehdi Bamorovat, Iraj Sharifi, Setareh Agha Kuchak Afshari, Ali Karamoozian, Amirhossein Tahmouresi, Amireh Heshmatkhah, Ehsan Salarkia, Ahmad Khosravi, Maryam Hakimi Parizi, Maryam Barghi
Poor adherence is a major barrier to the proper treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis: A case-control field assessment in Iran
International journal for parasitology. Drugs and drug resistance
globally anemia among underfive children serious public health problem even pocket studies limited evidence pooled prevalence anemia among underfive children africa therefore aim study determine pooled prevalence determinants anemia methods analysis systematic review metaanalysis done following prisma guidelines comprehensive search made pubmedmedline cochrane library hinari ethiopian journal health development studies published since 2009 supplemented google scholar search study selection data extraction quality studies assessed eight reviewers cochrane q test i2 test statistic used test heterogeneity studies randomeffects model dersimonianlaird method used total 37 articles included systematic review metaanalysis pooled prevalence anemia among underfive children africa 59 95 ci 55 63 female aor 071 95 ci 057 087 maternal education aor 147 95 ci 131 166 residence aor 080 95 ci 067 095 family size aor 093 95 ci 089 098 determinants anemia among african underfive children conclusion recommendation pooled study revealed anemia severe public health problem sex maternal education residence family size determinants anemia therefore anemia prevention strategy include sex consideration educating mothers youth education area specific intervention encouraging birth spacing