Background: This study
aimed at determining the prevalence and morphological types of anaemia, among
children under-five
years, who had full blood count (FBC) investigation done at the laboratory of
the Volta regional hospital. Methodology: This was a retrospective study of
archival FBC test results data for children below 5 years in the laboratory,
between1st July to 31st December 2015. The FBC results comprised of the hemoglobin (Hb)
concentration and the red blood cell indices.
Obtained data were analyzed using SPSS version 20.0. Results: A total 451
children were sampled. Anaemia prevalence in this study was 55.0% (248/451) and most of the
children suffered from moderate anaemia (42%) (104/248) with mild and severe anaemia
being 34% (84/248) and 24% (60/248) respectively. Children with microcytic
hypochromic anaemia were 52%, (130/248), while those with normocytic normochromic were 25% (63/248). Conclusion:
Anaemia was found in more than half of the children under-five years and
microcytic hypochromic anaemia was the commonest morphological type of anaemia.
There is need for a multi-disciplinary approach to elucidate the
etiology of anaemia in children under-five years.
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Adu-Amankwaah, J. , Allotey, E. A. , Kwasie, D. A. , Afeke, I. , Owiafe, P. K. , Adiukwu, P. C. and Ndudiri, O. V. (2018). Prevalence and Morphological Types of Anaemia among Children Under-Five Years in the Volta Regional Hospital of Ghana. Open Access Library Journal, 5, e4351. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/oalib.1104351.
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