Lok Sabha Question No. 252 (STARRED), answered on 2018-08-03
Subject: Prevention of Anaemia among Women
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: HARISHCHANDRA DEORAM CHAVAN, RAMA DEVI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 252 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 3 RD AUGUST ,2018 PREVENTION OF ANAEMI A AMONG WOMEN

## †*252. SHRI HARISHCHANDRA CHAVAN: SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether 65 per cent women in the country are suffering from anaemia and the details thereof;
- (b) the various steps taken by the Government for prevention of the said ailmen
- (c) the extent of success achieved by the Government in controlling anaemia result of the said efforts along with the reaction of the Government thereto;
- (d) the correc tive measures taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE ( SHRI JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA )

- (a)to ( d) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 252* FOR 3 RD AUGUST , 20 18

(a) According  to  the  National  Family  Health  Survey  (NFHS - 4)  2015 - 16,  the prevalence of anaemia among women aged 15 - 49 years is 53.0% .State/UT wise prevalence isAnnex ed.

(b) The Government of India has been addressing the problem of anaemia, throu National Nutritional Anaemia Control Programme and more recently by adopting a life cycle approach under the National Iron Plus Initiative (NIPI). The interventions under NIPI incl ude age - appropriate preventive strategy of Iron and Folic  Acid  (IFA)  supplementation  for under  five  children  (6  months - 5  yrs), children 6 - 10 yrs, adolescents, pregnant women, and lactating mothers , as well as a treatment protocol for facility - based management of anaemia. Apart from NIPI, there  are  other  programmes  which  address  causes  of  anaemia  other  than  i deficiency,  such  as  National  Deworming  Day  (NDD)  for  deworming,  National Vector Borne Disease Contro l Programme (NVBDCP) for prevention and control of malaria, special efforts to reach ou t t populations affected with hemoglobinopathies and  National  Programme  for  Prevention  and  Control  of Fluorosis (NPPCF) .

(c) There  has  been  a  decrease  in  anaemia  preva lence  in  the  different  target beneficiary groups over the last decade, between NFHS 3 (2005 - 06) and NFHS 4 (2015- 16). Anaemia prevalence has reduced from 69.4% to 58.5% among children less than 5 years of age, 55.3% to 53.0% inwomen aged 15 - 49 years and 57.9% to 50.3% inpregnant women.

(d) The Government has recently released the 'Anaemia Mukt Bharat' guidelines as a comprehensive strategy for preve ntion and control of anaemia, with a multi -pronged approach and a more robust operational and accountabilit y framework.

The strategy builds on the existing programme and also include s newer initiatives, such as:

- Better techniques for diagnosis and management of anaemia
- Strengthening of supply chain management
- Better convergence for effective implementation
- Incr eased focus on research needs around anaemia

Annexure

## State wise anaemia prevalence (%)  (NFHS - 3, 2005 - 6 and NFHS -4, 2015 - 16)

| States               | Women in Reproductive age group (15 - 49 years)   | Women in Reproductive age group (15 - 49 years)   |
|----------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
|                      | NFHS 3                                            | NFHS 4                                            |
| All India            | 55.3                                              | 53.0                                              |
| A& N Islands         | NA                                                | 65.7                                              |
| Andhra Pradesh       | 62.9                                              | 60.0                                              |
| Arunachal Pradesh    | 50.5                                              | 40.3                                              |
| Assam                | 69.3                                              | 46.0                                              |
| Bihar                | 67.4                                              | 60.3                                              |
| Chandigarh           | NA                                                | 75.9                                              |
| Chhattisgarh         | 57.5                                              | 47.0                                              |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | NA                                                | 79.5                                              |
| Daman & Diu          | NA                                                | 58.9                                              |
| Delhi                | 44.3                                              | 52.5                                              |
| Goa                  | 38.0                                              | 31.3                                              |
| Gujarat              | 55.3                                              | 54.9                                              |
| Haryana              | 56.1                                              | 62.7                                              |
| HimachalPradesh      | 43.3                                              | 53.4                                              |
| Jammu & Kashmir      | 52.0                                              | 40.3                                              |
| Jharkhand            | 65.2                                              | 69.5                                              |
| Karnataka            | 51.2                                              | 44.8                                              |
| Kerala               | 32.8                                              | 34.2                                              |
| Lakshdweep           | NA                                                | 45.7                                              |
| Madhya Pradesh       | 55.9                                              | 52.5                                              |
| Maharashtra          | 48.4                                              | 48.0                                              |
| Manipur              | 35.7                                              | 26.4                                              |
| Meghalaya            | 46.2                                              | 56.2                                              |
| Mizoram              | 38.1                                              | 22.5                                              |
| Nagaland             | NA                                                | 23.9                                              |
| Odisha               | 61.1                                              | 51.0                                              |
| Puducherry           | NA                                                | 52.4                                              |
| Punjab               | 38.0                                              | 53.5                                              |
| Rajasthan            | 53.1                                              | 46.8                                              |
| Sikkim               | 59.5                                              | 34.9                                              |
| Tamil Nadu           | 53.2                                              | 55.1                                              |
| Telengana            | NA                                                | 56.7                                              |
| Tripura              | 65.1                                              | 54.5                                              |
| Uttar Pradesh        | 49.9                                              | 52.4                                              |
| Uttarakhand          | 54.7                                              | 41.5                                              |
| West Bengal          | 63.2                                              | 62.5                                              |