Over Half Of Women, Children Found Anemic In India: Survey
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The government has released a report on key indicators on population, reproductive and child health, family welfare, nutrition and others for India and 14 states and UTs, clubbed under phase two, of the 2019-21 NFHS-5.
Anaemia among children and women continues to be a cause of concern, with more than half of them being found anemic in 14 states and Union Territories and all-India level, according to the findings of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) compared to NFHS-4.
The government on Wednesday released the factsheets of key indicators on population, reproductive and child health, family welfare, nutrition and others for India and 14 states and UTs, clubbed under phase two, of the 2019-21 NFHS-5.
The states and Union Territories which were surveyed in this phase were Arunachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Odisha, Puducherry, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, a Health Ministry statement said.
The findings of NFHS-5 for 22 states and UTs covered in phase one were released in December, 2020.
