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Twice as many women than men were found to have anaemia in 2021 according to The Lancet Haematology. Anaemia affected almost two billion people in 2021, with Western and Central sub-Saharan Africa revealing the highest prevalence.
The researchers modelled 37 underlying causes for anaemia, which they said were important for clinicians to treat in parallel to the anaemia itself.
Anemia affected nearly 2 billion people in 2021, impacting women to a greater degree than men. In a new study covering three decades of global anemia data (1990–2021), a complex picture emerges of how several key factors play into the divergence in success stories among men, women, and children.
One-fourth of the global population is estimated to be anaemic, with cases increasing rapidly for women, expectant mothers, young girls, and children younger than age 5, according to a study spanning three decades published in The Lancet ...
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