WORLD JOURNAL OF ADVANCE
HEALTHCARE RESEARCH

*Issam Abdullah Bdiwi, Rasha Obied Abdullah and Abdulhussein Hammood Jasm

ABSTRACT

Background: Anemia in pregnancy considered a significant public health problem it has an assistant role in disabled life and death of pregnancy women and their future children mainly in developing country, the world bank group (wbG) estimate that the prevalence of anemia among pregnant women in Iraq nearly 38%, while the world health organization (who) estimate it approximately 31%, hence, the primary objective of our study is to investigate the possible prevalence of anemia among pregnancy women in Baghdad _Aljadida sector for primary health care center by analyzed several primary health center in this government. Method: A cross sectional descriptive study of 579 pregnant women who attend antenatal care at the primary health care center at Baghdad_ al jadida health sector in Baghdad city. Eight centers are selected, five in the center and three in the periphery. All pregnant women who booked in these center with the exclusion criteria including women with hemoglobinopathy. Results: The age of the study sample varied from 15_41 years. The estimated prevalence of anemia was 26.4%, of the studied sample where mild anemia appeared in 66.5%, while that of moderate and severe anemia in 31% and 2,5% respectively maximum numbers of anemic women were in the age group 20-35 were 77.8%. Conclusion: The younger age group of mother is a primigravida are protective factor, while be house wife and living in rural area are significantly risk factors to its occurrence. Anemia represents a great challenge to the community health in Iraq region further government efforts to handle it by concentrated health education and promotion of antenatal care.

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