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Erin McLean
Researcher at UNICEF
Publications - 16
Citations - 4187
Erin McLean is an academic researcher from UNICEF. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Vitamin. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 16 publications receiving 3643 citations. Previous affiliations of Erin McLean include World Health Organization & University of California, Davis.
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Worldwide prevalence of anaemia, WHO Vitamin and Mineral Nutrition Information System, 1993-2005
TL;DR: Anaemia affects one-quarter of the world’s population and is concentrated in preschool-aged children and women, making it a global public health problem, which makes it difficult to effectively address the problem.
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Iodine deficiency in 2007: global progress since 2003.
TL;DR: Global progress in controlling iodine deficiency has been made since 2003, but efforts need to be accelerated in order to eliminate this debilitating health issue that affects almost one in three individuals globally.
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Review of the magnitude of folate and vitamin B12 deficiencies worldwide.
TL;DR: Global coverage of surveys, frequency with which vitamin status assessment methods are used, and patterns of status related to geographical distribution and human development are examined to assess whether folate and vitamin B12 deficiencies are a public health problem.
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Vitamin A Supplementation Programs and Country-Level Evidence of Vitamin A Deficiency.
James P. Wirth,Nicolai Petry,Sherry A. Tanumihardjo,Lisa M Rogers,Erin McLean,Alison Greig,Greg S. Garrett,Rolf Klemm,Fabian Rohner +8 more
TL;DR: This work examined data from 82 countries implementing VAS programs, identified other VA programs, and assessed the recentness of national VA deficiency (VAD) data, and identified three countries that have scaled down VAS, but given the lack of VA deficiency data, this would be a premature undertaking.