The iron-deficiency anemia represents the nutritional disorder of higher prevalence in the whole world. The woman and child are the groups more vulnerable. Although the treatment of the anemia is one of the oldest therapeutic, this procedure is not entirely established in the routine of the health services. Therefore, the effectiveness of the treatments, the different schemes, the posology recommendations, the adhesion of the patients to the treatment and the follow-up criteria are essential points in the evaluation of proposed interventions.
Anemia; iron deficiency; Pregnancy; Diagnosis