Do You Know few facts about anaemia?
- India leads in iron deficiency anaemia in world.
- Over 90% Indian women, adolescent girls and children are anaemic.
- Anaemia results in physical weakness and increased vulnerability to innumerable disease.
- Anaemia can cause adverse pregnancy outcomes and even mother’s death.
- Anaemic mothers bear anaemic children.
- Anaemia not only affects children’s academic performance but hampers their linear growth and development.
The way out
But all is not lost still. By empowering rural and urban poor population through health awareness campaigns, proper diagnosis, capacity building, providing basic health facilities, nutritional food & health supplements and treating anaemia, we can largely overcome the problem of anaemia.
IMA mantra for ‘Anaemia Free Inida’
Take care of five As
Ask: What is your Haemoglobin (Hb) ?
Advice: What it should be?
Assess: Your Current Hb.
Assist: Provide counseling, hoe it can be treated (diet + iron-folic acid
supplementation + deworming).
Arrange: Weekly iron folic-acid (IFA) supplementation under direct
supervision.
Definite follow-up programme. |
