Prelims 2023 · Current Affairs · Question 82
Consider the following statements in the context of interventions being undertaken under Anaemia Mukt Bharat Strategy:
- It provides prophylactic calcium supplementation for pre-school children, adolescents and pregnant women.
- It runs a campaign for delayed cord clamping at the time of child-birth.
- It provides for periodic deworming to children and adolescents.
- It addresses non-nutritional causes of anaemia in endemic pockets with special focus on malaria, hemoglobinopathies and fluorosis.
How many of the statements given above are correct?
Answer
Only three
- Incorrect. Anaemia Mukt Bharat provides prophylactic iron-folic acid supplementation, not calcium supplementation, for children, adolescents and pregnant/lactating women.
- Correct. One of its key interventions is delayed cord clamping at birth to improve infant iron stores.
- Correct. It includes periodic deworming for children and adolescents to reduce worm-related anaemia.
- Correct. The strategy also targets non-nutritional causes of anaemia in endemic areas, including malaria, hemoglobinopathies and fluorosis.
Hence, three statements are correct.