Prevalence of Anaemia Amongst Young Children in Argentina

DIAZ ADRIAN; GOMEZ AMADOR; SALSE NURIA; CORMICK GABRIELA

Emergency Nutrition Network

Field Exchange

Lugar: Londres; Año: 2005 p. 1 - 1

1743-5080

Acción Contra el Hambre (ACH) has been working in Argentina for the past three years, implementing relief and development programmes in the nutrition and food security sectors. In April 2003, the City of Santa Fe (390,000 inhabitants) was affected by significant flooding. The impact of the disaster on the population affected more than 130,000 people who were evacuated into public and private buildings (schools, stadiums, parishes, clubs, tents, etc.) and 23 deaths were reported. In this context of emergency, a nutritional survey was carried out by ACF. The study included assessment of anthropometric status and haemoglobin (Hb) levels in children and also examined a number of socio-economic variables, as well as neurodevelopment in young students. This article focuses on the identification of anaemia and its link with intellectual development, learning capacity and early childhood development in young school age children. Analyses of the anthropometric findings are not included.