Thus, to improve Hb or anaemia through SAPs, programme implementers and policymakers should consider using in‐kind transfers fortified with micronutrients or adding more anaemia specific design features to cash transfer and voucher programmes such as provision of micronutrient supplements or fortified foods (Tam et al., 2020), prevention and treatment of malaria (White, 2018), and treatment of helminth infections (Taylor‐Robinson et al., 2015) in places where these are prevalent. The gene discussed is GSTM1; the disease is malaria.