The World Health Organization have establish the first-ever strategy for decreasing anaemia.

The World Health Organization (WHO) is scheduled to release its first-ever comprehensive framework on reducing anaemia, with a call on countries to step up efforts to reduce anaemia prevalence in women of reproductive age by half by 2025. According to the worldwide body, progress has been slow in reducing anaemia, and the globe is not on track to meet the global target. The WHO said in a statement copied to Ghana Business News that anaemia is a severe global public health problem that affects more than a half billion mothers and a quarter billion children worldwide. According to a WHO data sheet, anaemia caused 50 million years of healthy life lost owing to impairment in 2019. In 2019, anaemia afflicted 30% (539 million) of non-pregnant women and 37% (32 million) of pregnant women aged 15 to 49 years. The WHO Regions of Africa and South-East Asia are the worst afflicted, with an estimated 106 million women and 103 million children in Africa and 244 million women and 83 million children in South-East Asia suffering from anaemia.

Low and lower-middle income countries carry the largest burden of anaemia, disproportionately impacting populations living in rural areas, in lower-income households, and with little formal education. Anaemia is a disease that primarily affects women and children. The illness is projected to afflict half a billion women aged 15 to 49 years old and 269 million children aged 6 to 59 months worldwide. It occurs when the body does not have enough haemoglobin to transport oxygen to the organs and tissues. It produces weariness, decreased physical labor capacity, and shortness of breath. In severe circumstances, anaemia can impair children's cognitive and motor development. It can also be harmful to pregnant women and their newborns.

The disorders can be caused by poor nutrition, infections, chronic diseases, heavy menstruation, pregnancy concerns, and a family history of the conditions. It is frequently caused by a deficiency of iron in the blood. Anaemia can be caused by a variety of factors, including nutrient deficiencies, poor diet (or inadequate nutrient absorption), infections, inflammation, chronic diseases, gynecological and obstetric conditions, and inherited red blood cell disorders. The most prevalent nutritional deficiency leading to anaemia is iron insufficiency, which is caused mostly by insufficient dietary iron consumption.

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