World Health Organization : Year 1996 ; World Health Organization, Control of Tropical Diseases Sip, No. 96.1: Report of the World Health Organization Ifformal Consvltation on Hookworm Infectiok and Anaemia in Girls Knd Women

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Title:	World Health Organization : Year 1996 ; World Health Organization, Control of Tropical Diseases Sip, No. 96.1: Report of the World Health Organization Ifformal Consvltation on Hookworm Infectiok and Anaemia in Girls Knd Women
Author:	World Health Organization
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
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Excerpt
Professor D. Bolero, Instituto Colombiano de Medicina Tropical Antonio Roldan Betancur, Carrera 48 No. 32, 102 Hospital General dc Medcllin, Piso 4, Medellin, Colombia FAX: 262 5508, Tel: 262 5456 Dr D.A.P. Bundy, Hcad, WHO Collaborating Centre for the Epidemiology of lnrcstinal Parasitic Infections, Centre for the Epidemiology of lnlectious Disease, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, United Kingdom FAX 44 865 281 245, Tel: 44 865 281 246

Table of Contents
List of Participanrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 1 . Introduction to the consultation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2 . Arrcylosloma duodenale and Necator americanus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 2.1 Life history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 2.2 Epidemiology and population biology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 2.3 Surveys and diagnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 3 . Biology of hoolnvorm infections in fcmale hosts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 4 . Biology of hookworm infections in neonates and infants . . . . . . . . . . 13 5 . Estimates of the global extent of hookworm infection and anaemia during pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1 Hookworm infections and pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 5.2 Anaemia and pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 6 . Pregnancy in developing countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 7 . Multifactotial actiology of iron-deficiency anaemia in adolescent girls and women of reproductive age ... 8 . Assessment of anacrnia and restoration of iron status . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 8.1 Testing lor iron deficiency and anaemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 8.2 Use of haemoglobin distributions to assess the nature of anaemia and iron deficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 8.3 Approaches to identifying factors contributing to anaemia . . . . . . 23 8.4 Interventions lo restore iron status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 8.5 Predicted impacts, timing and delivery systems of intcrvcntions to restore iron status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26