TY - JOUR AU - Bhatia, Vikas AU - Parida, Swayam Pragyan AU - Mahajan, Preetam B AU - Sahoo, Durgesh Prasad AU - Bhattacharjee, Sourav PY - 2020/06/30 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - A Community based Study of Anaemia Burden using Hemocue 201 in Eastern India JF - Indian Journal of Community Health JA - Indian J Community Health VL - 32 IS - 2 SE - Original Article DO - 10.47203/IJCH.2020.v32i02.012 UR - https://www.iapsmupuk.org/journal/index.php/IJCH/article/view/1409 SP - 365 -370 AB - <p><strong>Background</strong>: India is facing a serious burden of anemia where majority of the women (51%) of reproductive age suffer from anemia. Though there are many programs being run for decades to fight anaemia, it still persist to be a major health challenge in Odisha where around half of the women and children are anemic (children age 6-59 months; 44.6%, pregnant women of age 15-49; 47.6%, all women of age 15-49 years; 51.0%). <strong>Objectives</strong>: AIIMS Bhubaneswar, in partnership with Govt. of Odisha and UNICEF aimed to assess the burden of anaemia in the state. <strong>Methods</strong>: This cross-sectional study was conducted amongst 3974 beneficiaries between March to July 2016. Hemoglobin estimation was done using Hemocue 201. <strong>Results</strong>:&nbsp; Prevalence of mild, moderate and severe anemia was observed to be 39-58%, 7-20% and 1-3%, respectively in 4 districts. Coverage of iron folic acid tablets amongst adolescent girls, adolescent boys, pregnant women, lactating mothers, and women of reproductive age groups were 38%, 16%, 73%, 46%, 11% respectively. <strong>Conclusion</strong>: The study has shown that prevalence of severe and moderate anaemia has decreased to a greater extent, however the prevalence of mild anaemia is still very high.</p> ER -