This document is an output of a WHO cross-programme initiative aiming to improve the prevention, diagnosis and management of anaemia and thereby accelerate reduction in its prevalence. It comes at an important time, midway through the era of the Sustainable Development Goals, when progress in reducing anaemia has stagnated. This …
As many as 177 students of Gopinathpur UG ME School at Jadupur village in Puri's Brahmagiri fell ill on Tuesday after taking iron supplements. They were taken to the nearest health centre at Rebena Nuagaon and later shifted to Puri district headquarters hospital. "Most of the students have been discharged. …
Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas’ Girls Surveyed Jaipur: The nutrition level among adolescent girls at the Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas in Sirohi district was found to be extremely low. Nearly 99% of the girls were anemic. These findings are a result of a year-long survey conducted on 329 girls by an …
The food fortification project, aimed at reducing malnutrition, anemia and blindness and also to curb maternal and infant mortality rates, is actively being implemented in state. Food materials like milk flour and oil are made nutritious under the programme. Nations like US had made food fortification compulsory since 1930s. Project …
SHILLONG: Around 64.4 per cent of the children in the state are suffering from malnutrition while 47.2 per cent of the women are anaemic. This was revealed in a heath camp organized by the Martin Luther Christian University (MLCU) in Moodymmai village under Thadlaskein block in the Jaintia Hills district. …
A two-day 'Micronutrient Analysis Training in Wheat and Rice Biofortification' began at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) on Monday. The event is being organised by the PAU School of Agricultural Biotechnology (SAB), department of plant breeding and genetics (PBG), department of soil science and Harvest Plus-India Biofortification. Thirty participants have registered …
The latest survey by sickle Cell Disease Project in Attappady found that over 20 per cent of the 33,120-strong tribal population is affected by the dreaded genetic disorder of sickle cell anaemia. The latest survey conducted in June 2013 by the Agali Community Health Centre and the five Public Health …
70% adolescents in state anaemic in the absence of iron supplementation Undeterred by the resistance to administration of iron and folic acid tablets to students of government schools in Haryana, the Union Health Ministry, committed to pushing its anti-anaemia agenda, is all set to roll out a National Iron+ Initiative …
Jaipur: Waging war on anemia, India has decided to remove the tag of being one of the countries with the highest number of anemic population. As part of the initiative, government school children will be given iron and folic acid (IFA) to supplement the deficiency of iron in blood every …
Health authorities reduce dose of the drug to children falling sick A day after over 800 schoolchildren were taken ill due to intake of iron and folic acid (IFA) tablets across the state, nearly 100 children fell ill in Sirsa and an equal number of children were taken ill in …
Nearly 880 students, 150 of them girls, suffered from nausea and complained of stomach ache after consuming iron tablets in government schools in several districts of Haryana, officials said on Tuesday. The folic acid (iron) tablets were given to them as part of Haryana Health Department’s supplementation programme to combat …
‘The tablet given under the WIFS programme is safe and efficacious’. The Centre on Monday claimed that adverse effects reported by children after consuming iron folic tablets under the Weekly Iron Folic Acid Supplementation (WIFS) programme were ‘expected’ and, rather ‘less than expected’. However, “it is safe and efficacious,” it …
About 15 lakh children were administered iron and folic acid tablets in schools of 20 districts today . The Health Department today launched its weekly iron and folic acid supplementation (WIFS) campaign to combat anaemia.A spokesman of the National Rural Health Mission, Haryana, said today the campaign would be launched …
55,300 School Students In Karnataka To Get Tablets In Pilot Project Bangalore: Every Monday, children in all 55,300 government and aided schools in the state will be given iron and folic acid tablets. The Union health and family welfare ministry on Wednesday launched its pilot project in Karnataka to beat …
In a survey conducted by the Panchkula Health Department, about 55 per cent children from all government schools in Panchkula were found to be anaemic. Hemoglobin test of all the students in Panchkula from classes 6 to 12 were conducted which revealed that as many as 19,040 out of the …
Weekly Iron Folic Acid Supplementation begins tomorrow In a major initiative to address adolescent anaemia, the government is launching a Weekly Iron Folic Acid Supplementation (WIFS) Programme from Karnataka from Wednesday. Speaking to reporters here on Monday, Anuradha Gupta, Mission Director, National Rural Health Mission, said supervised Iron-Folic Acid (IFA) …
Iron deficiency is not found only in the malnourished. Children having adequate dietary intake may also suffer from this serious health problem, according to a study conducted on children living in Delhi by AIIMS. The study titled ‘prevalence of anaemia amongst overweight (ow) and obese (ob) children in NCT of …
Investigation report on death of tribal infants at Attappady A UNICEF investigation report on the recent infant deaths at Attappady says that “anaemia in pregnant mothers and inadequate nutrition” are the main causes for the tragedy. “Lack of medical facilities and trained medical personnel and inadequate transport facility also caused …
On 28 MAY, as the rest of Kerala was eagerly waiting for the monsoon rains, a distraught Veera Swami performed the last rites of his four-month- old son in Pagalayur village. It was the 28th infant death this year in the picturesque Attapadi hills populated by tribals in Palakkad district. …
The State government has decided to provide iron and folic acid tablets to schools children to prevent them from developing anaemia and thalassemia, Minister for Health and Family Welfare U T Khader announced on Friday. He was speaking on the occasion of World Blood Donor’s day jointly organised by National …
Maternal and child malnutrition in low-income and middle-income countries encompasses both undernutrition and a growing problem with overweight and obesity. Low body-mass index, indicative of maternal undernutrition, has declined somewhat in the past two decades but continues to be prevalent in Asia and Africa. Prevalence of maternal overweight has had …
