Did You Know?

Women in the African Region are more likely to die from communicable diseases (e.g, HIV, tuberculosis and malaria), maternal and perinatal conditions, and nutritional deficiencies, than women in other regions. Globally, about 468m women aged 15-49 years (30% of all women) are thought to be anaemic, at least half because of iron deficiency and most of these anaemic women live in Africa (48-57%).