Persons tested positive for the disease will be issued ‘Red Card,' while carriers will the issued ‘Blue Card.' The Health Department authorities said this would help the doctors to identify the tribal people affected by the disease quickly when they go to hospital with some other health problems.
Jharkhand has been granted Rs 432 crore to construct 10,000 anganwadi centres over the next five years and fight an alarmingly high incidence of anaemia among women and small girls.
The money, granted by the 13th Finance Commission to the state welfare department, assumes significance as of the 38,432 existing anganwadi centres in the state, only 17,000 have their own buildings.
JAIPUR: In Rajasthan, the percentage of men suffering from anaemia is 25 per cent, which is making adverse affect on their health and productivity, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition's (GAIN), South Asia head Rajan Sankar said here on Monday. According to the National Family Health Survey 3, around 21% men were anaemic in 2005-06.
Government to promote its use to tackle anaemia
The Union government will promote the use of iron fortified iodised salt (double fortified salt) to battle anaemia, one of the major causes of malnutrition, particularly among women and children.
To begin with, the Ministries dealing with food and nutrition programmes such as the Integrated Child Development Services and midday meal will make the
-67 per cent adolescent girls in Jharkhand suffer against a national average of 56 per cent
A former anaemia patient who recovered after the intake of iron folic acid (IFA) tablets, fruits and vegetables, she is now going door to door, counselling people on how to combat anaemia, as a peer educator jointly for Unicef and state human resource development (HRD) department.
NEW DELHI: The Fourth Common Review Mission, evaluating the progress of the National Rural Health Mission, has recently submitted its report and noted considerable improvement in the development of health systems in various States.
A state government-run tea estate in Wayanad has registered record production by introducing free noon meal for its workers. The Priyadarsini Tea Estate has incorporated a tourism component to find resources to feed its 316 tribal workers, majority of them women.
The tea estate, spread over 955 acres, was conceived as a rehabilitation project for the tribals freed from bonded labour in 1984.
