Lok Sabha Question No. 296 (STARRED), answered on 2022-08-05
Subject: Cases of Anaemia among Children
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Ram Kripal Yadav, Dinesh Chandra Yadav

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 296 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 5 TH  AUGUST, 2022

## CASES OF ANAEMIA AMONG CHILDREN

## †*296. SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV: SHRI DINESH CHANDRA YADAV:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  cognizance  of  the  report  of  the  National Family  Health  Survey-5  which  indicates  an  increase  of  nine  per  cent  in  cases  of anaemia among children aged 6 months to 5 years, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the number of such children is at an alarming level in States like Gujarat, Bihar,  Jharkhand,  Madhya  Pradesh,  Uttar  Pradesh,  Haryana,  Maharashtra,  Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi and West Bengal;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to take any specific steps in this regard; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (DR MANSUKH MANDAVIYA)

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

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 296* FOR 5 TH  AUGUST, 2022

(a) &  (b): As  per  the fifth  round  of  National  Family  Health  Survey  (NFHS) conducted by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) during the year  2019-21,  the  prevalence  of  anaemia  among  children  aged  6  months  to  5 years  is  67.1  percent  as  compared  to  58.6  percent  in  NFHS-4,  (2015-16). State/UT-wise prevalence of anaemia among children aged 6 months to 5 years as per NFHS-4 and NFHS-5 is given at Annexure .

(c)& (d):  The Government of India implements Anaemia Mukt Bharat (AMB) strategy under POSHAN Abhiyaan with the target of reducing anaemia in the six population  groups  -  Children  (6-59  months);  Children  (5-9  years);  Adolescents girls and boys (10-19 years); Pregnant women; Lactating women and Women of Reproductive Age (WRA) group (15-49 years) in life cycle approach. Some of the major interventions by the MoHFW to address anaemia under AMB include:

-  Prophylactic Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation.
-  Deworming.
-  Intensified year-round Behaviour Change Communication (BCC) Campaign and delayed cord clamping.
-  Testing of anaemia using digital methods and point of care treatment.
-  Addressing non-nutritional causes of anaemia in endemic pockets with special focus on malaria, hemoglobinopathies and fluorosis.
-  Convergence and coordination with line department and other ministries.
-  Engaging National Centre of Excellence and Advanced research on Anaemia Control for capacity building of health care providers.
-  Monitoring progress in States/UTs using Anaemia Mukt Bharat Dashboard.

## Annexure

Prevalence of anaemia among children aged 6 months to 5 years, State/UT-wise,

## NFHS-5 and NFHS-4

| Sl. No   | States/UT                                |   NFHS-5 (2019-21) |   NFHS-4 (2015-16) |
|----------|------------------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|          | India                                    |               67.1 |               58.6 |
| 1        | Andaman &Nicobar Islands                 |               40   |               49   |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                           |               63   |               58.6 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                        |               57   |               54.2 |
| 4        | Assam                                    |               68   |               35.7 |
| 5        | Bihar                                    |               69   |               63.5 |
| 6        | Chandigarh                               |               55   |               73.1 |
| 7        | Chattishgarh                             |               67   |               41.6 |
| 8        | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu |               76   |               82   |
| 9        | Goa                                      |               53   |               48.3 |
| 10       | Gujarat                                  |               80   |               62.6 |
| 11       | Haryana                                  |               70   |               71.7 |
| 12       | Himachal Pradesh                         |               55   |               53.7 |
| 13       | Jammu &Kashmir                           |               73   |               53.8 |
| 14       | Jharkhand                                |               67   |               69.9 |
| 15       | Karnataka                                |               66   |               60.9 |
| 16       | Kerala                                   |               39   |               35.7 |
| 17       | Ladakh                                   |               94   |               91.4 |
| 18       | Lakshadweep                              |               43   |               53.6 |
| 19       | Madhya Pradesh                           |               73   |               68.9 |
| 20       | Maharashtra                              |               69   |               53.8 |
| 21       | Manipur                                  |               43   |               23.9 |
| 22       | Meghalaya                                |               45   |               48   |
| 23       | Mizoram                                  |               46   |               19.3 |
| 24       | Nagaland                                 |               43   |               26.4 |
| 25       | NCT Of Delhi                             |               69   |               59.7 |
| 26       | Odisha                                   |               64   |               44.6 |
| 27       | Pudduchery                               |               64   |               44.9 |
| 28       | Punjab                                   |               71   |               56.6 |
| 29       | Rajasthan                                |               71   |               60.3 |
| 30       | Sikkim                                   |               56   |               55.1 |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu                               |               57   |               50.7 |
| 32       | Telangana                                |               70   |               60.7 |
| 33       | Tripura                                  |               64   |               48.3 |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh                            |               66   |               63.2 |
| 35       | Uttarakhand                              |               59   |               59.8 |
| 36       | West Bengal                              |               69   |               54.2 |

Source: NFHS-5 and NFHS-4 National report; http://rchiips.org/nfhs/index.shtml