Receipt of Weekly Iron Supplementation among Indian Children, 2005-2016.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In response to India's unacceptably high burden of anemia among children aged 6-59 mo, the central government introduced the National Iron Plus Initiative program which recommends an intervention of iron supplementation to mitigate anemia, especially iron deficiency anemia.

Objective

The objective of this study was to examine the trend (between 2005-2006 and 2015-2016) in receiving weekly iron supplementation (WIS) among children aged 6-59 mo, and factors associated with receiving WIS during 2015-2016.

Methods

Two waves of the nationally representative cross-sectional National Family Health Survey (NFHS) data collected during 2005-2006 (NFHS-3) and 2015-2016 (NFHS-4) were used. The trend was measured using both rounds of datasets, whereas factors associated

SUBMITTER: Rai RK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8164210 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature