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Intestinal Infections and Anaemia among Pregnant Women in Ghana

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There was an important connection stuck between hookworm infection and low iron stores. The study
concluded that hookworm infection is a strong predictor of iron status. These findings buttress the
need to make available anthelminthic therapy to infected women before conception as a public health
strategy in reducing the incidence of hookworm infection, and also to make available nutritional and
iron supplements to successfully control anaemia in pregnancy. Intestinal helminths are among the
most common and widespread of human infections, contributing to poor nutritional status, anaemia
and impaired growth. Anaemia and iron deficiency in pregnancy is a major public health issues in
developing countries, but their causes are not always known. The objective of this study was to assess
the prevalence and severity of anaemia and iron deficiency and their association with helminths, among
pregnant women in Ghana.

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2516-9831
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Anaemia
Helminths
Iron Deficiency
Primigravids
Infestation
Intestinal infections
Pregnant Women in Ghana
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