Improving the approach to assess impact of anaemia control programs during pregnancy in India: a critical analysis

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Correspondence

Sutapa Bandyopadhyay Neogi¹  Mini Varghese²  Ameet Babre²  Jennifer Busch Hallen³ 

[1] International Institute of Health Management Research (IIHMR Delhi), Delhi, India;Nutrition International, India office, New Delhi, India;Nutrition International, Ottawa, Canada;

关键词: Anaemia;    Prevalence;    Pregnancy;    Developing countries;    Health systems;    Health programs;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12884-022-05248-z

 received in 2022-05-19, accepted in 2022-11-24,  发布年份 2022

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

Around 42.7% of women experience anaemia during pregnancy in low- and middle-income countries. Countries in southeast Asia (with prevalence ranging between 40 and 60%) have reported a modest decline over the past 25 years. Nearly half the pregnant women continue to be anaemic in India between 2005-06 and 2015-16, although severe anaemia has reduced from 2.2% to 1.3%.India has been committed to achieving a target of 32% prevalence of anaemia in pregnant women from 50% by 2022. There are concerns around stagnancy in the prevalence of anaemia in pregnancy despite a strong political commitment. The paper puts forth the arguments that should be considered while introspecting why India might run the risk of not achieving the expected reduction. The reported findings highlight several methodological issues such as hemoglobin cut-offs used to determine anaemia during pregnancy, method of estimation of Hb, and less emphasis on causes other than iron deficiency anemia.

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