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This study determined the incidence and factors associated with anemia in children 6 monthsto five years presenting at Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital (FRRH), Western Uganda. Thiswas a hospital-based cross-sectional descriptive-analytical study determining the incidenceand factors associated with anemia in children aged 6 months to five years at FRRH. Datacollected using the questionnaire was coded and entered into Microsoft Excel version 2010and then exported to STATA version 14.2. Data analysis and presentation were carried outbased on the specific objectives of this study. According to the study findings, most of therespondents (50%) introduced other feeds to their babies at less than six months whereas(16.7%) introduced other feeds to their babies at 6 months. The study concluded that mostrespondents only sometimes ensured that their family ate a balanced diet every day as themajority said 1 meal was eaten per day, most fed their children after 6 hours which wasinadequate and all contributed to the increased risk of anemia among children aged six monthsto five years. The study recommended that the Ministry of Health should improve andreenergize its campaigns and programs for the prevention of malnutrition in children less than5 years old in an effort to improve mothers’ knowledge about the prevention of malnutrition.Health workers should endeavor to offer sensitization and training of mothers on nutritioneducation