About 56 results
Open links in new tab
  1. Anaemia - World Health Organization (WHO)

    Dec 10, 2025 · Anaemia can cause a range of non-specific symptoms including tiredness, weakness, dizziness or light-headedness, drowsiness, and shortness of breath, especially upon exertion. …

  2. 英语:defect和deficiency的区别 - 百度知道

    Oct 7, 2024 · “Defect”和“deficiency”都是表示缺陷或不足的英语词汇,但两者之间存在细微差别。 “Defect”通常指产品或系统中存在的明显缺陷和缺点,例如机器零件的损坏或产品设计错误。 它强调 …

  3. Monitoring micronutrient status in populations

    The Micronutrients database includes 40 indicators of the status of 17 micronutrients or micronutrient-related conditions, covering both deficiency and excess. There are two ways to access the database …

  4. Combatting anaemia through improved measurement, diagnosis and …

    Feb 13, 2025 · Additionally, the guideline highlights the importance of using haemoglobin levels to assess the impact of iron interventions aimed at preventing and treating iron deficiency anaemia, and …

  5. Anaemia - World Health Organization (WHO)

    Feb 10, 2025 · Iron deficiency, primarily due to inadequate dietary iron intake, is considered the most common nutritional deficiency leading to anaemia. Deficiencies in vitamin A, folate, vitamin B12 and …

  6. Vitamin A deficiency - World Health Organization (WHO)

    Deficiency of vitamin A is associated with significant morbidity and mortality from common childhood infections, and is the world’s leading preventable cause of childhood blindness. Vitamin A deficiency …

  7. WHO prequalifies diagnostic test to support safer administration of P ...

    Jan 8, 2025 · On 18 December 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) prequalified the first diagnostic test for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency which can help to safely …

  8. Iodization of salt for the prevention and control of iodine deficiency ...

    Aug 9, 2023 · Iodine is essential for healthy brain development in the fetus and young child. Iodine deficiency negatively affects the health of women, as well as economic productivity and quality of life.

  9. Fact sheets - Malnutrition - World Health Organization (WHO)

    Mar 1, 2024 · Iodine, vitamin A, and iron are the most important in global public health terms; their deficiency represents a major threat to the health and development of populations worldwide, …

  10. Iodine in pregnancy and lactation

    Furthermore, mild gestational iodine deficiency can still be found in some European countries (6), and iodine intake may be low in pregnant women in the US based on median urinary iodine concentration …