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High percentage of adults in Bihar are anaemic, says NFHS report

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High percentage of adults in Bihar are anaemic, says NFHS report

PatnaA staggering 61% of adult girls (15-19 years age group) and 38% of adult boys (15-19 years age group) in the state are suffering from anaemia says National Family Health Survey report-4.

To counter this, state’s medical department all is set to roll out the Weekly Iron and Folic acid Supplementation (WIFS) programme which was inaugurated by social welfare minister Krishna Nandan Prasad Verma and health minister Mangal Pandey.

Under this programme, the target is to cover 2.8 crore, adults, every month provided with one iron-folic acid pill.

People suffering from anaemia lack enough healthy red blood cells (RBC) to carry oxygen throughout the body. And fewer healthy RBC could mean less oxygen travelling to the brain and may result in cognitive decline. Those who do have anaemic symptoms may feel tired, become easily fatigued, appear pale, have a feeling of a racing heart, feel short of breath, and/or have worsening heart problems.

Anaemia can be caused by several conditions, including kidney disease, and nutritional deficiencies, especially of iron.

The Centre rolled out the weekly iron and folic acid supplementation programme in 2013 to fight anaemia among school children. The target of the programme was the adolescents aged between 10 and 19 years. Bihar started the programme but terminated it after a few months because of the medicine purchase scam in the Bihar Medical Service and Infrastructure Corporation Limited.

Annual health survey reports in past have marked Bihar in danger zone with their adolescents suffering from anaemia. According to experts from state’s premier government hospital Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH), an anaemic person is unable to work to his/her potential and the immunity level also goes down. Besides, if the problem of anaemia is not countered at the adolescent stage for girls, it affects the child and the mother more during pregnancy.

Earlier, in a study conducted in 2014 that appeared in the International Journal of Applied and Basic Nutritional Sciences anaemia was found to be extremely common in North Indian children, especially those that fall under the affluent parts of society.

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