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5,6 It leads to premature births, low birth weight, fetal cognitive impairment and death. 7–9 Similarly, maternal anemia increases the risk of preterm delivery and low birth weight, and iron-deficiency anemia underlies 115,000 maternal deaths and 591,000 perinatal deaths each year. 3 Although anemia is a common problem of pregnant women in developing countries, pregnancy outcomes vary depending on the level of maternal hemoglobin. The Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS) showed that prevalence of anemia among women aged 15–49 years declined from 27% in 2005 to 17% in 2011, but increased to 24% in 2016 of which pregnant women account for 29%. But, due to different socio-economic status, behavioral, geographical and methodological differences, the national figures from the EDHS could not represent the prevalence of anemia among pregnant women in different parts of Ethiopia.

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