Evidence based Intervention to Prevent Anemia among Women of Reproductive Age Group in Developing Countries; Review

Introduction: Anemia in developing countries is biggest public health problem. The most vulnerable group of population is women and children. Problem Statement: The woman in developing countries has high prevalence of anemia due to high rate to fertility. There are various interventions are working in different countries but don't know which intervention are most cost effective. Objective: The objective of this study is to determine the cost-effective intervention for reduction of anemia among women of reproductive age group. Methodology: A review of the literature was done for identifying various preventive strategies regarding anemia among women of reproductive age group and its implementation barriers in low- and middle-income countries. Google scholar, PubMed, web of science and Scopus were used as search engines. Results: The result of the review shows that most cost-effective method for prevention of anemia among women are iron fortification of food, iron supplementation, community-based health promotion of healthy nutrition. Women empowerment is the best tool for implementation of all above method for prevention of anemia. The most effective way to reducing the maternal anemia is community-based intervention for health promotion and women empowerment. Conclusion: Community based intervention in which all stakeholders on board are the best strategy to reduce the anemia among women of reproductive age group. There is need to develop the policies to improve the health promotion activities and involvement of women in the society.