Lok Sabha Question No. 4235 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-11
Subject: Anaemia amongst the Children and Women
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4235 TO BE ANSWERED ON   11 TH AUGUST, 2017

## ANAEMIA AMONGST THE CHILDREN AND WOMEN

## 4235. SHRI RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY:

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

- (a) the name of various health programmes being run by the Government to check the prevalence of anaemia amongst the children and women especially in rural areas, State/UT - wise particular ly Jharkhand;
- (b)  whether  the  present  programmes are  giving  satisfactory  results  in  reducing the  h gh prevalence of anaemia among women, especially in rural areas and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) the corrective measures taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI FAGGAN SINGH KULASTE)

- (a) to (d) : Under  National  Health  Mission,  the  Ministry  of  Health  &  Family  Welfare, Government  of  India  is  implementing  the  following  programmes  to check he  prevalence  of anaemia  amongst  the  children  and  women  of  both  urban  and  rural  areas  across  the  coun including the State of Jharkhand:
- Iron - folic  supplementation  for  prevention  and  t reatment  of  anaemia  is  to  be  provided  to children,  adolescents,  women  of  reproductive  age  groups,  pregnant  women  and  lactat mothers. Guidelines for the same have been issued to all the States and UTs
- Bi- annual administration of Albendazole to all children 1 -19 years for Deworming.
- Universal screening of pregnant women for anaemia is a part of ante - natal care and all severely anaemic mothers are to be line listed and followed up for comprehensive management at hi facilities.
- Every preg nant woman is to be given iron and folic acid IFA), after the first trimeste taken as 1 tablet daily and the same is to be continued during the post natal period. women, who are found to be clinically anaemic, are given 1 tablet of IFA twi c  daily. This has been  now  expanded  to  6  months  during  ante - natal  period  and  6  months  during  post - natal period.
- In  malaria  endemic  areas,  to  tackle  the  problem  of  anaemia  due  to  malaria  particula pregnant women and children, Long Lasting Insecticid e Nets (LLINs) and Insecticide Treated Bed Nets (ITBNs) are being distributed.
- Mother  and  Child  Protection  Card  (MCP  Card)  and  Safe  Motherhood  Booklet  are  being distributed to the pregnant women for educating them on dietary diversification and pro of consumption of IFA.
- Pradhan  Mantri  Surakshit  Matritva  Abhiyan  (PMSMA)  has  been  launched  to  focus  on conducting  special  Ante  Natal  check  up  on  9th  of  every  month  with  the  help  of  Medi officers/ OBGYN to detect and treat cases of anaemia.
- Health  andnutrition  education  through  IEC  &  BCC  to  promote  dietary  diversification inclusion of iron folate rich food as well as food items that promotes iron absorption.
- Do's and Don'ts for prevention of Anaemia during pregnancy has been prepared and sent to theStates/ UTs, to share with all beneficiaries during ANC checkups.
- As per the latest data of National Family Health Survey -4 (2015 - 16), there has been reduction in prevalence of anaemia among women in rural areas compared to NFHS -3 (2005 - 06)
- Anaemia in wo men age 15 -49 years in rural areas has declined from 58.2 percent in 2005 - 06 to 54.2 percent in 2015 - 16
- Anaemia in pregnant women in rural areas has declined from 59.0 percent in 2005 - 06 o 52.1 percent in 2015 - 16