01 Dec 2020 --- Iron infusion can be more effective than common iron supplements to treat women with iron-deficiency anemia after childbirth in low-income settings in sub-Saharan Africa. In a new Lancet-published study, researchers from the Swiss Tropical And Public Health Institute (TPH) and the Tanzanian Ifakara Health Institute assessed the safety and efficacy of intravenous iron substitution with ferric carboxymaltose versus oral iron tablets.