Anemia

Review Article

Burden and Determinants of Anemia among Under-Five Children in Africa: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Summary of extracted studies on anemia among under-five children in Africa, 2009–2020.
AuthorPublication yearStudy settingTarget groupStudy designSample sizePrevalenceQuality
Gaston et al.2009LesothoUnder fiveCross-sectional12954976.5
Gaston et al.2014LesothoUnder fiveCross-sectional11395476.5
Guled and Mamat2017Ethiopia6–59 monthsCross-sectional39772.067
Amugsi2019Ghana6–59 monthsCross-sectional245168.088
Woodruff et al.2018GuineaUnder fiveCross-sectional56813479
G/Egziabiher et al.2014Ethiopia6–59 monthsCross-sectional5683770.57
Simbauranga et al.2015TanzaniaUnder fiveCross-sectional4487758.9
Muchie2016Ethiopia6–59 monthsCross-sectional76365061.8
Melako et al.2019Ethiopia6–23 monthsCross-sectional47752.066.5
Kateera et al.2015Rwanda6–59 monthsCross-sectional18827.075.55
Melku et al.2018Ethiopia6–59 monthsCross-sectional7072980.3
Thorne2013Guinea6–59 monthsCross-sectional87282.064.3
Diouf et al.2013Senegal9–15 monthsCross-sectional2458773.5
Woldie et al.2015Ethiopia6–23 monthsCross-sectional3466656.4
Van Buskirk et al.2014Ghana0–36 monthsCross-sectional8618361.5
Ntenda et al.2017Malawi6–59 monthsCross-sectional25976367.8
Gebreweld et al.2019Ethiopia6–59 monthsCross-sectional4044165.9
Wasihun et al.2020Ethiopia6–9 monthsCross-sectional6105868.8
Mghanga et al.2017Tanzania0–59 monthsCross-sectional3038374
Habte et al.2013Ethiopia6–59 monthsCross-sectional82605057.5
Ali2018UgandaUnder fiveCross-sectional18085066.5
Petry et al.2019GambiaUnder fiveCross-sectional13545078.4
Ojoniyi et al.2019TanzaniaUnder fiveCross-sectional79165882.1
Kejo et al.2018Tanzania6–59 monthsCross-sectional4368567.5
Wirth et al.2016Sierra LeoneUnder fiveCross-sectional7107664.3
Kuziga et al.2017Uganda6–59 monthsCross-sectional3765952.9
Nambiema et al.2019Togo6–59 monthsCross-sectional28906355.6
Semedo et al.2014Cape Verde6–59 monthsCross-sectional9935260.8
Alaofè et al.2017Benin6–59 monthsCross-sectional6818253.5
Roba et al.2013Ethiopia6–23 monthsCross-sectional2165472.1
Jemal et al.2016Ethiopia6–59 monthsCross-sectional3995266
Bahizire et al.2017Congo6–59 monthsCross-sectional8384771
Foote et al.2013Kenya6–35 monthsCross-sectional8587279
Wangusi et al.2016Kenya6–23 monthsCross-sectional2277668.1
Menon and Yoon2015UgandaUnder fiveCross-sectional38786180.1
Ojoniyi O2017TanzaniaUnder fiveCross-sectional65925784
Engle-Stone et al.2017Cameroon12–59 monthsCross-sectional2914563.3
Total sample size69,25359.0