India accounts for the highest burden of anemia globally. In the last fifty years, despite substantial programmatic efforts, progress has been slow throughout the lifecycle including among adolescent girls (15-19 years), women of reproductive age (15-49 years) (WRA), pregnant women, and children (6-59 months), and continues to be a major public health problem. There has >> Read more Source: POSHAN: Partnerships and Opportunities to Strengthen and Harmonize Actions for Nutrition in India
Improvement in sanitation is crucial for anemia reduction among pregnant women in India
In a study published in Public Health Nutrition, researchers from the International Food Policy Research Institute, Public Health Foundation of India, and Oxford Policy Management have examined how a range of factors influence anemia prevalence among pregnant Indian women, finding a correlation between rates of open defecation and anemia. These research results demonstrate that prevalence >> Read more Source: POSHAN: Partnerships and Opportunities to Strengthen and Harmonize Actions for Nutrition in India
