Iron deficiency anaemia is one of the leading contributors to global disease burden, particularly affecting children, pre-menopausal women, and people residing in low and middle-income countries....
NFHS 5 highlights that in India, Anaemia and obesity are on the rise & that is the cause of concern
Anaemia among children and women continues to be a cause of concern in India, according to the findings of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5)
The study published in the journal 'Frontiers in Nutrition' concluded that millets can provide all or most of the daily dietary iron requirements of an average...
Anaemia has harmful consequences on maternal as well as child survival, thus grossly affecting the productivity of the nation
Bihar has shown an improvement in infant and child mortality, child immunisation, but there is a rise in obesity and anaemia among children and lack of...
Andhra Pradesh has reported a drop in infant mortality rate and under-five mortality rate by 13 per cent and 13.7 per cent respectively and has shown...
The prevalence of anaemia and malnutrition among children has increased in Kerala. What adds to the worry is decline in child vaccination. Here is a quick...
According to the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) – 5, neonatal mortality rate, and prevalence of overweight and stunted (low height for age) children has increased...
The findings of phase 1 of the National Family Health Survey-5 may not be confused as indicators of the progress on ongoing interventions commissioned under POSHAN...
The latest round of National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) has highlighted a worrying trend in the prevalence of anaemia among women across all states and Union...
Iron deficiency is a major cause of anaemia, a lack of oxygen-carrying red blood cells or haemoglobin, which is experienced by two billion people worldwide