What are the harmful effects of anemia in adolescents ? what preventive steps an you take at own level? what are the steps taken by the government to eradicate anemia
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Anemia in the adolescence causes reduced physical and mental capacity and diminished concentration in work and educational performance, and also poses a major threat to future safe motherhood in girls. Interventions to prevent and correct iron deficiency anaemia therefore must include measures to increase iron intake through food-based approaches, namely dietary diversification and food fortification with iron; iron supplementation and by improved health services and sanitation.The interventions include deworming, intensified year-round behaviour change communication campaign, testing and treatment of anaemia using digital methods and point-of-care treatment, mandatory provision of IFA fortified foods in government programmes and intensified awareness screening, and treatment of non
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