La nueva guía sobre los puntos de corte de la hemoglobina para definir anemia en individuos y poblaciones

• Autores: Vásquez-Velásquez, Cinthya, Tapia, Vilma, Gonzales, Gustavo F.
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2024
• Institución: Sociedad Peruana de Medicina Interna
• Repositorio: Revista de la Sociedad Peruana de Medicina Interna
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:medicinainterna.net.pe:article/844
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistamedicinainterna.net/index.php/spmi/article/view/844
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Anemia; Hemoglobina; Salud Pública; Población; Altura; Hemoglobin; Public Health; Population; Altitude

This year, the World Health Organization (WHO) has established new guidelines indicating a readjustment of the cut-off points for the diagnosis of anemia in infants aged 6 to 23 months, as well as the change of the hemoglobin (Hb) correction factor for altitude of residence, which generates a different picture of the numbers reported in the previous surveys applied at the national level. In Metropolitan Lima, a reanalysis of the SIEN databases (CENAN/INS) from 2012 to 2017 shows that the prevalence of anemia is reduced from 45.4% to 25.5% with the new WHO guidelines. On the other hand, there is a lack of knowledge about the effectiveness and repercussions generated by the various strategies applied in Peru, as well as in some neighboring countries that have a large proportion of altitude residents. Due to the above, this manuscript aims to show the changes that have occurred over the years on the prevalence of childhood anemia, and through a timeline to analyze national and international strategies.