The effect of malaria on childhood anemia in a quasi-experimental study of 7,384 twins from 23 Sub-Saharan African countries

• Main Authors: Tim Starck (Author), Peter Dambach (Author), Toussaint Rouamba (Author), Halidou Tinto (Author), Faith Osier (Author), Catherine E. Oldenburg (Author), Maya Adam (Author), Till Bärnighausen (Author), Thomas Jaenisch (Author), Caroline A. Bulstra (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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BackgroundYoung children in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), particularly those from resource-limited settings, are heavily burdened by anemia and malaria. While malaria infected children frequently become anemic (hemoglobin < 110 g/L), anemia is a strongly multifactorial disease with many other risk fa...