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Anemia in Ucayali High School Students: A Risk for Healthy Growth

Summary by El Comercio
Anemia is a health problem that affects thousands of children and adolescents of school age in Peru. This condition occurs mainly because of the lack of iron in the body and can cause tiredness, weakness, difficulties of concentration, low growth and poor performance in the classrooms. It is a problem that the students of the Agricultural School of Callería (Colonel Portillo, Ucayali) have witnessed daily when they see possible symptoms in peers…
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One in four children under three years of age suffers from anemia in Arequipa and could face irreversible neurological damage if they do not receive timely treatment, warned the coordinator of the Children's Life Stage of the Arequipa-Caylloma Health Network, Maricela Bedoya Zegarra.

·Peru
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Anemia is a health problem that affects thousands of children and adolescents of school age in Peru. This condition occurs mainly because of the lack of iron in the body and can cause tiredness, weakness, difficulties of concentration, low growth and poor performance in the classrooms. It is a problem that the students of the Agricultural School of Callería (Colonel Portillo, Ucayali) have witnessed daily when they see possible symptoms in peers…

·Lima, Peru
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El Comercio broke the news in Lima, Peru on Thursday, July 9, 2026.
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