DHS in the News

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GHANA NEWS AGENCY (Ghana)

...Mrs Azumah-Mensah expressed worry about high anaemia rates among Ghanaian children, with more than three-quarters (78 percent) of children aged six to 59 months being anaemic.

The 2008 Demographic and Health Survey revealed that 48 percent of these children are moderately anaemic while severe forms of the condition were recorded in seven percent of the children surveyed...

http://www.ghananewsagency.org/details/Health/Let-s-speak-for-the-child-Azumah-Mensah/?ci=1&ai=28587

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GHANA NEWS AGENCY (Ghana)

...Mrs Azumah-Mensah expressed worry about high anaemia rates among Ghanaian children, with more than three-quarters (78 percent) of children aged six to 59 months being anaemic.

The 2008 Demographic and Health Survey revealed that 48 percent of these children are moderately anaemic while severe forms of the condition were recorded in seven percent of the children surveyed...


URL to article: http://www.ghananewsagency.org/details/Health/Let-s-speak-for-the-child-Azumah-Mensah/?ci=1&ai=28587