Point-of-care testing facilitates screening and treatment for anaemia in women and children in rural Pakistan.

Objective: To use point-of-care testing to screen and facilitate treatment for anaemia and to establish an estimate of the prevalence of anaemia in the local population.

Design: An uncontrolled before and after study design was used to evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention on the anaemia status of participants.

Setting: This study took place in a rural mountain community (population approximately 1000) in the Haripur district in northern Pakistan.