Background Delays in accessing care for malaria and other diseases can lead to disease
progression, and user fees are a known barrier to accessing health care. Governments are …

Anemia during childhood remains a major public health challenge in sub-Saharan Africa. To
determine the prevalence of and the main risk factors for anemia in young children, we …

Abstract Background and Aim There have been contradictory reports about the association
between Helicobacter pylori infection and iron deficiency anemia (IDA). Based on the high …

In order to determine whether giving iron to iron-deficient children increases their
susceptibility to malaria, 213 Gambian children aged between 6 months and 5 years with …

Asymptomatic malaria parasitaemia is prevalent among schoolchildren in many countries.
The relationship between asymptomatic parasitaemia and children's cognitive functions was …

Background Anaemic status is determined by haemoglobin using the HemoCue system or
haematocrit measurements, and a threefold conversion is commonly used to equate the two …

The associations of hemoglobin, hematocrit, and packed cell volume with socioeconomic
factors, malaria, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, and nutritional status were …

Background: significant iron deficiency anaemia is a major concern in children with
helminthiasis, because it may eventually contribute to the growing health challenges of …

Objective: To evaluate the haemoglobin concentration (Hb); total white blood cell count
(WBC), differential WBC count; platelet count and reticulocyte count in leprosy patients …

Haematological and iron parameters, measured in 907 children aged from 6 months to 5
years in rural Gambia at the start of the rainy season, differed from those in American …