Consider the following statements in the context of interventions being undertaken under Anaemia Mukt Bharat Strategy:
- 1.It provides prophylactic calcium supplementation for pre-school children, adolescents and pregnant women.
- 2.It runs a campaign for delayed cord clamping at the time of childbirth.
- 3.It provides for periodic deworming to children and adolescents.
- 4.It addresses non-nutritional causes of anaemia in endemic pockets with special focus on malaria, hemoglobinopathies and fluorosis.
How many of the statements given above are correct?
Answer & explanation
Answer: (c) Only three
Statements 2, 3 and 4 are correct; statement 1 is wrong. Anaemia Mukt Bharat supplies prophylactic iron and folic acid, not calcium, and adds deworming, a behaviour-change campaign that includes delayed cord clamping, and action on non-nutritional causes such as malaria, haemoglobinopathies and fluorosis.
- ✗ 1. The first of the six interventions is prophylactic Iron Folic Acid supplementation (for example, 60 mg iron plus 500 mcg folic acid tablets for pregnant women). Calcium supplementation is not part of it.
- ✓ 2. The year-round Behaviour Change Communication campaign includes promoting the practice of delayed cord clamping.
- ✓ 3. Periodic deworming runs through National Deworming Day, with mass deworming of children and adolescents aged 1 to 19 years twice a year, on 10 February and 10 August.
- ✓ 4. The strategy includes awareness, screening and treatment of non-nutritional causes of anaemia in endemic pockets, with special focus on malaria, haemoglobinopathies and fluorosis.
Remember · Anaemia Mukt Bharat's six interventions: iron-folic acid, deworming, behaviour-change (incl. delayed cord clamping), testing and treatment, fortified foods, non-nutritional causes. No calcium.
Sources
- Anaemia Mukt Bharat, National Health Mission (MoHFW) ↗ “The six interventions under Anemia Mukt Bharat strategy are as follows: i) Prophylactic Iron Folic Acid Supplementation … c) Increase intake of iron-rich, protein-rich and vitamin C-rich foods; dietary diversification; food fortification; d) Promoting practice of delayed cord clamping. … Intensifying awareness, screening and treatment of non-nutritional causes of anaemia in endemic pockets, with special focus on malaria, haemoglobinopathies and fluorosis.”
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