ReviewEuropean journal of clinical nutrition2013
Preventing childhood anemia in India: iron supplementation and beyond.
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- Dietary diversity as a sustainable approach towards micronutrient deficiencies in India.The Indian journal of medical research · 2022Review
- Coverage of iron and folic acid supplementation in India: progress under the Anemia Mukt Bharat strategy 2017-20.Health policy and planning · 2022Article
- Qualitative assessments of anemia-related programs in Ghana reveal gaps and implementation challenges.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2021Article
- An Analysis of Maternal, Social and Household Factors Associated with Childhood Anemia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Receipt of Weekly Iron Supplementation among Indian Children, 2005-2016.Current developments in nutrition · 2021Article
- Improved sanitation is associated with reduced child stunting amongst Indonesian children under 3 years of age.Maternal & child nutrition · 2020Article
- Prevalence of overweight/obesity, anaemia and their associations among female university students in Dubai, United Arab Emirates: a cross-sectional study.Journal of nutritional science · 2020Article
- National Iron Plus Initiative: Current status & future strategy.The Indian journal of medical research · 2019Review
- Iron Deficiency, Cognitive Functions, and Neurobehavioral Disorders in Children.Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN · 2019Review
- Identifying sociodemographic, programmatic and dietary drivers of anaemia reduction in pregnant Indian women over 10 years.Public health nutrition · 2018Article
- Prevalence of anemia among Lebanese hospitalized children: Risk and protective factors.PloS one · 2018Article
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- Identification, prevention and treatment of iron deficiency during the first 1000 days.Nutrients · 2014Review
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Abstract
Childhood anemia has major adverse consequences for health and development. It's prevalence in India continues to range from 70 to 90%. Although anemia is multifactorial in etiology, preventative efforts have predominantly focused on increasing iron intake, primarily through supplementation in pregnant and lactating women. Policy thrust for childhood anemia is only recent. However, program implementation is dismal; only 3.8-4.7% of preschoolers receive iron-folate supplements. There is an urgent need for effective governance and implementation. Policy makers must distinguish anemia from iron deficiency, and introduce additional area-specific interventions as an integrated package.Increased iron intake may yield maximum benefit but will only address up to half the burden. In 6-59 months old children, instead of 100 days' continuous dosing with iron-folate syrup in a year, a directly supervised intermittent supplementation (biweekly; ~100 days per year) merits consideration. Multiple micronutrient powders for home fortification of foods in 6-23 months old infants do not appear viable. Additional interventions include delayed cord clamping, earlier supplementation in low birth weight infants, appropriate infant and young child feeding guidelines, and intermittent supervised supplementation in children and adolescents through school health programs. Use of double (iron-folate)-fortified salt in mid-day meal programs deserves piloting.Important area-specific, non-iron interventions include targeted deworming, and prevention and treatment of hemoglobinopathies, malaria and other common infections. Routine addition of multi-micronutrients to iron-folate supplementation appears unjustified currently. There is a pressing need to conduct relevant research, especially to inform etiology, additional interventions and implementation issues.
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