Contributors
Rita Wegmüller:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0269-1939
Role: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Project administrationRole: SupervisionRole:
ValidationRole: Writing – original draft
Helena Bentil:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8728-6715
Role: Data curationRole: InvestigationRole: Project administrationRole: SupervisionRole:
Writing – review & editing
James P. Wirth: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: Funding acquisitionRole:
InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Project administrationRole: ResourcesRole: SupervisionRole:
ValidationRole: VisualizationRole: Writing – review & editing
Nicolai Petry: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: Funding acquisitionRole:
InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: ResourcesRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – original
draft
Sherry A. Tanumihardjo: Role: ConceptualizationRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: SupervisionRole:
Writing – review & editing
Lindsay Allen: Role: MethodologyRole: Writing – review & editing
Thomas N. Williams: Role: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Writing – review & editing
Lilian Selenje: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Funding acquisitionRole: ResourcesRole: Writing – review
& editing
Abraham Mahama: Role: Funding acquisitionRole: ResourcesRole: Writing – review & editing
Esi Amoaful: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Writing – review & editing
Matilda Steiner-Asiedu: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Funding acquisitionRole: Writing – review & editing
Seth Adu-Afarwuah: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: Funding acquisitionRole:
InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Project administrationRole: ResourcesRole: SupervisionRole:
Writing – review & editing
Fabian Rohner: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Formal analysisRole: Funding acquisitionRole: InvestigationRole:
MethodologyRole: Project administrationRole: ResourcesRole: SupervisionRole: VisualizationRole:
Writing – original draft
Samson Gebremedhin: Role: Editor
Journal
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS ONE
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
Journal ID (pmc): plosone
Title:
PLoS ONE
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, CA USA
)
ISSN
(Electronic):
1932-6203
Publication date
(Electronic):
30
January
2020
Publication date Collection: 2020
Volume: 15
Issue: 1
Electronic Location Identifier: e0228258
Affiliations
[1
]
GroundWork, Fläsch, Switzerland
[2
]
Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana
[3
]
Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin,
United States of America
[4
]
USDA/ARS Western Human Nutrition Research Center, Davis, California, United States
of America
[5
]
KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya
[6
]
UNICEF, Accra, Ghana
[7
]
Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana
Addis Ababa University School of Public Health, ETHIOPIA
Author notes
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. The authors alone are
responsible for the views expressed in this publication and they do not necessarily
represent the decisions, policy or views of UNICEF. This does not alter our adherence
to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.’
Author information
Article
Publisher ID:
PONE-D-19-30143
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0228258
PMC ID: 6991996
PubMed ID: 31999737
SO-VID: b4d5a93c-6952-4ae1-bf31-9dd08fa7e5cd
License:
This is an open access article, free of all copyright, and may be freely reproduced,
distributed, transmitted, modified, built upon, or otherwise used by anyone for any
lawful purpose. The work is made available under the
Creative Commons CC0 public domain dedication.
History
Date
received
: 29
October
2019
Date
accepted
: 12
January
2020
Page count
Figures: 2,
Tables: 4,
Pages: 19
Funding
Funding for data collection, laboratory analysis, and reporting were provided by UNICEF
and Canada’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development through a grant between
UNICEF Ghana and the University of Ghana (#43210308). TNW was funded through a fellowship
from the Wellcome Trust (#202800). Funding for the development of this manuscript
was provided by GroundWork, and page charges were borne by UNICEF.
Categories
Subject:
Research Article
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Hematology
Subject:
Anemia
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Hematology
Subject:
Anemia
Subject:
Iron Deficiency Anemia
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Parasitic Diseases
Subject:
Malaria
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Tropical Diseases
Subject:
Malaria
Subject:
Physical sciences
Subject:
Chemistry
Subject:
Chemical compounds
Subject:
Organic compounds
Subject:
Vitamins
Subject:
Vitamin A
Subject:
Physical sciences
Subject:
Chemistry
Subject:
Organic chemistry
Subject:
Organic compounds
Subject:
Vitamins
Subject:
Vitamin A
Subject:
People and Places
Subject:
Geographical Locations
Subject:
Africa
Subject:
Ghana
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Nutrition
Subject:
Nutritional Deficiencies
Subject:
Micronutrient Deficiencies
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Nutrition
Subject:
Nutritional Deficiencies
Subject:
Micronutrient Deficiencies
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Physiology
Subject:
Physiological Parameters
Subject:
Body Weight
Subject:
Obesity
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Physiology
Subject:
Physiological Parameters
Subject:
Body Weight
Subject:
Obesity
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Immunology
Subject:
Immune Response
Subject:
Inflammation
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Immunology
Subject:
Immune Response
Subject:
Inflammation
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Diagnostic Medicine
Subject:
Signs and Symptoms
Subject:
Inflammation
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Subject:
Signs and Symptoms
Subject:
Inflammation
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