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Efficacy of Nutrition and WASH/Malaria Educational Community-Based Interventions in Reducing Anemia in Preschool Children From Bengo, Angola: Study Protocol of a Randomized Controlled Trial
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Angola reports one of the highest infant mortality rates in the world, and anemia
represents one of its important causes. Recent studies, in under-five children from the Bengo
province of Angola, described high prevalence’s, suggesting malaria, undernutrition and urogenital
schistosomiasis as important contributors for the occurrence and spatial variations of anemia.
Educational community-based interventions, either in Nutrition and Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and
Malaria are recommended to correct anemia. Herein, we designed a cluster-randomized controlled
trial to study the efficacy of two educational-plus-therapeutic interventions in the reduction of anemia:
one in nutrition and the other in WASH/Malaria. Socioeconomic, nutritional, anthropometric,
parasitological and biochemical data will be collected from all willing-to-participate children, aging
under four and resident in the Health Research Center of Angola study area. Considering the
multifactorial causes of this condition, determining the efficacy of both interventions might help
documenting weaknesses and opportunities for planning integrated strategies to reduce anemia.
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Anemia WASH/Malaria Educational Interventions Nutrition Malária Hemoglobinopatias África Saúde Pública Doenças Genéticas Genética Humana
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Citação
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 Feb 5;16(3):466. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16030466
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MDPI