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 …
Anaemia is the most common nutritional deficiency worldwide. The prevalence of anaemia in non-pregnant and pregnant African women (47.5% versus 57.1%) and Southeast Asian women (45.7% versus 48.2%) suggests that majority of reproductive age women at risk for anaemia reside in these countries. Anaemia in pregnant women from developing countries …
Doctors blame lack of human resource in rural areas, anaemia and late referrals Mother and Child. Karnataka continues to report the highest number of deaths of expectant mothers in South India, though it boasts of achieving the millenium development goals for Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) and Infant Mortality Rate (IMR). …
People across India are living longer but spending more time in ill health due to conditions like depressive disorder, iron-deficiency anaemia and low back pain, a major global study has revealed. According to a new analysis of 301 acute and chronic diseases, and injuries in 188 countries in 2013, migraines, …
MAHARASHTRA, 2010. In a village 130km (80 miles) from Mumbai, the head of a nursery is weighing a child. Four years old, she is just 10kg (22lb), two-thirds of what she should be. More than half the nursery’s charges are below their proper weight (“wasted” in the jargon) or short …
At a time when holes are being punched in the state's development story over its human development indicators, a study on the maternal mortality rate (MMR) in Gujarat may come as a major respite. Data furnished by state research consultants - Society for Community Health Awareness Research and Action (SOCHARA) …
A survey carried out in Jalna district has revealed that acute anaemia is crippling girl students, especially those aged between 14 and 16 years. The study, initiated by gynaecologist Aarti Mantri in association with the Zilla Parishad (ZP) in around 40 ZP schools, found that over 30% girls suffered from …
Though hunger has been reduced substantially, poor-quality food perpetuates a ‘vicious cycle of poverty and malnutrition’. More than 2 billion people are malnourished because they do not receive enough nutrition from the food they eat, even though access to food has improved substantially over the past two decades. Widespread consumption …
The Lions Club Bhubaneswar in association with the Lion Minati Cancer Foundation and the Red Cross Society organised a health camp at the Goura Charan Vidyapitha at Chhatabara on Friday. The camp was inaugurated by Rotary District Governor Amita Jena. Blood samples were collected from the students aged between 13 …
Paan masala is emerging as a new cause for anaemia. Researchers at clinical hemato-oncology department of King George’s Medical University in Lucknow have found that paan masala consumption leads to a drop in one’s folic acid level, which is one of the main causes of anaemia. This starts affecting the …
UMERKOT: Unrelenting drought-like conditions and delay in rains in Thar have caused deaths of four more newborn babies over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll of children to 57 during 45 days in Umerkot and Tharparkar districts. About 388 children died between March and May this year though …
Armed With Health Dept Report, Ganganagar Locals Start Campaign Against Illegal Factories Kolkata: A TOI report on the health hazards faced by the people of Ganganagar Katakhal area owing to mushrooming chemical units had prompted the state health department to conduct a survey. The study, which found an alarming rise …
The number of people suffering from sickle cell anaemia has risen from 19 in 2012-13 to 32 in 2013-14, even as ten carriers of the disorder were found in Nashik city, the district health office has reported. Zilla Parishad chief executive officer Sukhdeo Bankar has called for a screening of …
BOTAD: It has been a battle against anaemia that has been fought with handfuls of pulses. It took a couple of year for Dilip Bhalgamiya, principal of Taluka Kanya Shala (Girls School) in Botad, to reverse the depleting haemoglobin levels among his students. In 2011, the teachers at the school …
NAGPUR: A study in Nagpur has revealed that anaemia is a big factor in the high Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) as well as perinatal mortality rate (death of foetus after seven months of pregnancy or seven days of delivery) that is seen in the country. The two known major reasons …
The National Human Rights Commission on Tuesday took suo motu cognisance of media reports of severe malnutrition among children in Haryana’s Karnal, Yamuna Nagar, Panchkula and Ambala districts. It issued notices to the authorities in the State, observing that it constituted a violation of the children’s human rights. ‘Alarming situation’ …
Four districts of the state, including Karnal, Yamunanagar, Panchcula and Ambala, have an alarming situation on malnutrition. On an average, 37.4 per cent children are underweight, 42.8 per cent children have stunting growth (less height according to age) and 17.5 per cent children are suffering from wasting (less weight according …
Under nourishment and anaemia in children - Question raised in Rajya Sabha, 10/02/2014. Minister Of State Of The Ministry Of Women And Child Development Krishna Tirath has said "As per the NFHS Survey, Rajasthan, in case of anaemia is above in national average and below in respect of wasting, underweight, …
In human growth and maturation, adolescence period is significant. In India, 21.4 percent population is adolescents (10-19 years) which accounts for one fifth of the total population. For maintaining good health in adult, it is very important to achieve optimum growth during adolescent age. The present study was carried out …
Drop in mercury level has failed check the spread of dengue in the district as 40 new cases were reported on Wednesday, taking the number of such patients in last two months to 370. Head of the microbiology department of GSVM Medical College Dr Atul Garg said that 195 slides …
Encourage Tribals In Attappadi To Grow & Eat Vegetables In a bid to check malnutrition-related infant deaths in Attapadi, Hyderabad based National Institute of Nutrition, has recommended a slew of measures in a report submitted to the state government. They include referral fund for anganwadis to transfer emergency cases or …
