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ArticleNature health2026

The burden of malaria-attributable maternal anaemia and the impact of preventive treatment across sub-Saharan Africa.

Sequoia I Leuba, Robert Verity, Julie R Gutman, Daniel J Weiss, Matt Cairns, John E Williams, Carole Khairallah, Kalifa Bojang, James Dodd, Abdisalan M Noor and 12 more

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Article in Nature health, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

22 authors.

Sequoia I LeubaMRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Robert VerityMRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3902-8567
Julie R GutmanMalaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6769-7322
Daniel J WeissMalaria Atlas Project, Telethon Kids Institute, Perth Children's Hospital, Perth, Western Australia Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-6175-5648
Matt CairnsMRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-1068-9713
John E WilliamsDodowa Health Research Centre, Dodowa, Ghana.
Carole KhairallahDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK.
Kalifa BojangMRC Unit, The Gambia at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia.
James DoddDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK.
Abdisalan M NoorHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA USA.
Steve M TaylorDivision of Infectious Diseases, Duke University School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2783-0990
Kephas OtienoKenya Medical Research Institute, Centre for Global Health Research, Kisumu, Kenya.
Sheick Oumar CoulibalyFaculty of Health Sciences, University of Ouagadougou, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
Kassoum KayentaoParasites and Microbes Research and Training Center, Mali International Center for Excellence in Research, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako, Bamako, Mali.
Simon KariukiKenya Medical Research Institute, Centre for Global Health Research, Kisumu, Kenya.
Brian GreenwoodLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-5725-9118
Meghna DesaiMalaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA USA.
Daniel ChandramohanLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Harry TagborUniversity of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana.
Feiko O Ter KuileDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3663-5617
Mwayiwawo MadanitsaDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Malawi University of Science and Technology, Zomba, Malawi.
Patrick G T WalkerMRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-9596-9628

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Malaria in pregnancy is a major but poorly quantified contributor to maternal anaemia in sub-Saharan Africa. We combined individual-level data on haemoglobin (Hb), gravidity, gestational age and PCR-confirmed

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AnaemiaEpidemiologyHealth policyMalaria

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PMID42111111
PMCPMC13156044

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