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Ahmed Akhter

Akhter Ahmed

Akhter Ahmed is a Senior Research Fellow in the IFPRI’s Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit and Country Representative for IFPRI Bangladesh. He has worked on strategies for agricultural and rural development, social protection, and women’s empowerment to reduce poverty, food insecurity, and undernutrition in developing countries including Bangladesh, China, Egypt, India, Malawi, the Philippines, and Turkey.

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Center’s anemia plan has gaps to fill to address growing prevalence (Bharat Express News) 

March 15, 2022


Bharat Express-News published an article stating that in 2019, India was among the 35 countries most affected by anemia in children and pregnant women. One reason the Center’s programs may have had limited success, experts say, is misdirected treatment. There is no survey that traces the causes of anemia in adults. Senior research fellow Purnima Menon said, “Iron deficiency is just one cause. Factors such as malaria, inflammation, genetic diseases, and general nutritional deficiencies can also lead to anemia.”  

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