Jaipur: The nutrition level among adolescent girls at the Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas in Sirohi district was found to be extremely low. Nearly 99% of the girls were anemic.
The food fortification project, aimed at reducing malnutrition, anemia and blindness and also to curb maternal and infant mortality rates, is actively being implemented in state.
The latest survey by sickle Cell Disease Project in Attappady found that over 20 per cent of the 33,120-strong tribal population is affected by the dreaded genetic disorder of sickle cell anaemia.
70% adolescents in state anaemic in the absence of iron supplementation
Undeterred by the resistance to administration of iron and folic acid tablets to students of government schools in Haryana, the Union Health Ministry, committed to pushing its anti-anaemia agenda, is all set to roll out a National Iron+ Initiative to cover women of all age groups.
Health authorities reduce dose of the drug to children falling sick
A day after over 800 schoolchildren were taken ill due to intake of iron and folic acid (IFA) tablets across the state, nearly 100 children fell ill in Sirsa and an equal number of children were taken ill in Fatehabad today.
Nearly 880 students, 150 of them girls, suffered from nausea and complained of stomach ache after consuming iron tablets in government schools in several districts of Haryana, officials said on Tuesday.
The folic acid (iron) tablets were given to them as part of Haryana Health Department’s supplementation programme to combat anaemia, they said.
