Anemia among WRA
Anemia exerts a severe toll on global health, especially among women and children in the world’s poorest nations. In 2019, anemia accounted for 50 million years of healthy life lost due to disability (YLDs), making it the second-leading cause of YLDs worldwide.
Quick facts
Anemia is a potentially debilitating condition that can affect physical and neurocognitive capacity. Women of reproductive age and children are particularly at risk. It is associated with reduced productivity, economic losses, and preventable negative health outcomes.
US $66-110B
The estimated economic returns from productivity gains from investing US$8 billion in target interventions to reduce global anemia burden among women by 50 percent is US$66–110 billion.
X8–12
The pooled benefit-to-cost ratio from investment in anemia prevention is modeled as x8.2 to 12.1.
4–17%
Boosted productivity earnings from treating anemia is estimated as +4 percent to +17 percent.
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