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Anaemia in Preschool-Aged Children in DR. Congo: Finding from a Nationally Representative Survey
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: Received: 18 May 2023 / Approved: 19 May 2023 / Online: 19 May 2023 (10:06:34 CEST)
How to cite: Kandala, N. I. (. Anaemia in Preschool-Aged Children in DR. Congo: Finding from a Nationally Representative Survey. Preprints 2023, 2023051425. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202305.1425.v1 Kandala, N. I. (. Anaemia in Preschool-Aged Children in DR. Congo: Finding from a Nationally Representative Survey. Preprints 2023, 2023051425. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202305.1425.v1
Abstract
Anaemia is the most prevalent nutritional deficiency in the World and is associated with long-lasting developmental effects in children. Anaemia weakens the immune system and im-pairs cognitive development of children. Anaemia is multifactorial; therefore, anaemia’s pre-ventive/control measures should be evidence-based. This paper aimed to investigate the preva-lence and correlates of anaemia in preschool aged children at individual, maternal/household and community level in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Retrospective, nationally representative cross-sectional data, the 2013-2014 DRC Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) was used. Three -levels random intercept logistics regression models were fitted to the data using the outcome anaemia in children, defined as a haemoglobin concentration below 11dl with potential risk factors grouped at individual, maternal/household and community levels. Anaemia in children is a severe public health issue in the DRC, 63% of school-aged children are anaemic. Anaemia is highly prevalent amongst males, children with infections (fever/malaria and intestinal parasites), whose mothers are anaemic, from the poorest household, and whose drinking source of water is unclean, and who reside in provinces with recent/previous armed forces attacks. Results from this paper highlight the need for a clean and safe environment for children’s growth.
Keywords
Haemoglobin; Anaemia; Dietary, Diversity; Random-effect
Subject
Public Health and Healthcare, Public Health and Health Services
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