National Iron Plus Initiative: Current status & future strategy

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2019, Pages 239-247

  Kapil, Umesh ^a   Kapil, Radhika ^b   Gupta, Aakriti ^c  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Anaemia; haemoglobin; iron; National Family Health Survey; National Iron Plus Initiative Programme

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; IRON; HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; BUDGET; CONSTIPATION; ENTERIC COATED TABLET; EPIGASTRIC DISCOMFORT; HUMAN; INTESTINE INJURY; NAUSEA; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REVIEW; STOMACH IRRITATION; SUPPLEMENTATION; WORKLOAD; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEVER; HEALTH PROGRAM; INDIA; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALARIA; MINERAL DEFICIENCY; NEWBORN; NUTRITION EDUCATION; PARASITOSIS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RURAL POPULATION; TUBERCULOSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; INFANT; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; IRON; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85074954513     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_1782_18     Document Type: Review

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