Prevalence Of Anemia Among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care At Selam Health Center Addis Ababa Ethiopia

Anemia is a widespread health problem among pregnant women causing maternal/infant rnmorbidity and mortality mainly in low-income countries. Understanding of the magnitude of rnanemia and related socio-demographic variables in a specific setting would help scale-up rnpreventive and therapeutic measures in a locality. The aim of this study was, therefore, to rnestimate the prevalence of anemia among pregnant women attending antenatal care at Selam rnHealth Center, northwest Addis Ababa. The study was conducted from December 2015 to rnFebruary 2016. Questionnaire and face-to-face interview methods were used to gather pertinent rndata on socio-demography, clinical history and maternal characteristics of the participants. rnVenous blood was drawn to measure haemoglobin (Hb) and define anemia (Hb

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