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Strengthening Anemia Management in African Hospitals: The Impact of Non-Governmental Organizations in Uganda and Nigeria (www.kiu.ac.ug)

Anemia remains a pervasive public health and clinical challenge across sub-Saharan Africa, driving substantial morbidity, mortality, and health-system costs. In hospital settings, anemia complicates obstetric, pediatric, surgical, and medical care, often interacting with malaria, helminth infections, nutritional deficiencies, hemoglobinopathies, chronic kidney disease, and inflammatory conditions. Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have played a pivotal role in closing policy-practice gaps through program financing, technical assistance, supply-chain support, workforce training, patient blo…