Prevalence of Anemia in Pregnancy at Tertiary Care Hospital of Sindh

Abstract

Anemia during pregnancy is a worldwide health problem affects around 500 million women during pregnancy .Prevalence of anemia range from 5.4% to 80% in developed and developing countries respectively. Adverse effects of maternal anemia are well known and well documented on fetus as it potentiates risk of preterm labor, low birth weight babies and neonatal mortality. It also puts mothers at risk increasing maternal mortality and morbidity, antepartum and postpartum.