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WHO shares the Global Prevalence of Anaemia in 2011
On 29th June 2015, The Global Prevalence of Anaemia in 2011 was shared by the World Health Organisation. The document describes the global estimates of prevalence of anaemia in preschool-age children (6-59 months), women of reproductive age (15-49 years), by pregnancy status, by region and by country. The…
July 6, 2015 - Last update: February 10, 2023
On 29th June 2015, The Global Prevalence of Anaemia in 2011 was shared by the World Health Organisation. The document describes the global estimates of prevalence of anaemia in preschool-age children (6-59 months), women of reproductive age (15-49 years), by pregnancy status, by region and by country.
The estimates of the prevalence of anaemia were produced by the Nutrition Impact Model Study Group (NIMS) for Anaemia, a collaboration between WHO and Imperial College London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK). The study was supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Medical Research Council of the UK.
The document serves as a resource for estimating the baseline prevalence of anaemia in women of reproductive age, in working towards achieving the World Health Assembly Global Targets. The second global target is a 50% reduction of anaemia in women of reproductive age, as outlined in the Comprehensive implementation plan on maternal, infant and young child nutrition and endorsed by the Sixty-fifth World Health Assembly, in resolution WHA65.6.
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About the WHA 2025 Global Targets
These global targets were endorsed for improving maternal, infant and young child nutrition in the 2012 World Health Assembly Resolution 65.6. The targets are vital for identifying priority areas for action and catalysing global change. The set of six core global nutrition targets aim to, by 2025:
- achieve a 40% reduction in the number of children under-5 who are stunted (low height-for-age)
- achieve a 50% reduction of anaemia in women of reproductive age;
- achieve a 30% reduction in low birth weight;
- ensure that there is no increase in childhood overweight;
- increase the rate of exclusive breastfeeding in the first 6 months up to at least 50%;
- reduce and maintain childhood wasting to less than 5% (low weight-for-height),
At the 68th World Health Assembly in 2015, indicators were agreed to measure nutrition among mothers, babies and young children. Learn more.
