GCRF Anaemia Network (ANET)

在撒哈拉以南非洲，贫血仍然是一个需要控制的主要公共卫生问题，因为其原因复杂，不仅有直接的健康疾病（如缺铁、疟疾等），而且有环境、文化、贫困和不平等以及卫生和治理系统不良等许多易感原因。此外，控制贫血的方法脱节、支离破碎，个别规划使用不同的贫血定义，从不同的角度处理问题。我们的目标是建立一个跨学科网络，通过引领前沿研究和促进采用和实施预防贫血的创新解决方案，在撒哈拉以南非洲地区控制这一棘手的贫血挑战。我们将汇集营养、食品技术、全球健康、农业、社会科学、心理学、分子生物学和经济学方面的科学专家。我们还将包括决策者、国际捐助机构、非政府组织、从事药品和食品生产的商业公司以及公众的代表。它们将首先提高人们对需要采取部门间和统一的办法来控制这种疾病的认识，其次为研究和方案执行制定战略计划。

Anaemia remains a major public health problem to control in sub-Saharan Africa due to its complex causes which vary from not only direct health diseases (like iron deficiency, malaria etc) but to many predisposing causes in the the environment, culture, poverty and inequalities, and poor health and governance systems. Furthermore, anaemia control suffers from disjointed, fragmented approaches with individual programmes using different definitions of anaemia and tackling the problem from different perspectives. We aim to develop an interdisciplinary network that can lead in the control of this intractable challenge of anaemia in sub-Saharan Africa by leading cutting-edge research and facilitating the uptake and implementation of innovative solutions to prevent anaemia. We will bring together scientific experts in nutrition, food technology, global health, agriculture, social science, psychology, molecular biology and economics. We shall further include representatives of policy makers, international donor agencies, non-governmental organizations, commercial companies working in drug and food manufacturing and the public. They will firstly raise the awareness of the need for an inter-sectorial and harmonized approach to its control and secondly develop a strategic plan for research and programme implementation.