Sub-Saharan Africa Evidence Gap

Uses

Evidence quality

Highlighted claims

• The review is motivated by a gap in systematic mapping of trimester-specific anaemia effects and micronutrient aetiology in sub-Saharan Africa. — Mapping the evidence on anaemia across trimesters of pregnancy and risk of adverse birth outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review protocol
• A prior global meta-analysis found only four African studies among 272 studies on anaemia and birth outcomes. — Mapping the evidence on anaemia across trimesters of pregnancy and risk of adverse birth outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review protocol
• The article states that no scientific reviews have examined trimester-specific micronutrient-related anaemia and birth outcome profiles within sub-Saharan African populations. — Mapping the evidence on anaemia across trimesters of pregnancy and risk of adverse birth outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review protocol
• Understanding the trimester window of greatest harm could inform intervention timing and WHO diagnostic threshold calibration. — Mapping the evidence on anaemia across trimesters of pregnancy and risk of adverse birth outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review protocol