Consider the following statements in the context of interventions being undertaken under Anaemia Mukt Bharat…
Consider the following statements in the context of interventions being undertaken under Anaemia Mukt Bharat Strategy: 1. It provides prophylactic calcium supplementation for pre-school children, adolescents and pregnant women. 2. It runs a campaign for delayed cord clamping at the time of child-birth. 3. It provides for periodic deworming to children and adolescents. 4. It addresses non-nutritional causes of anaemia in endemic pockets with special focus on malaria, hemoglobinopathies and fluorosis. How many of the statements given above are correct?
Only one
Only two
Only three
All four
Solution
Per the official UPSC key, the answer is A. Anaemia Mukt Bharat provides iron-folic-acid (not calcium); delayed cord clamping, periodic deworming and addressing non-nutritional causes are all part of the strategy.