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Tracking anemia and its determinants from 2015-16 to 2019-21 in India

This report updates the prevalence of anemia and its determinants in India, as well as nutrition intervention coverage

Anemia prevalence (1%) in India, across the lifespan, 2005-6 to 2019-21 — UNICEF

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Highlights

This Data Note provides an update on the prevalence of anemia and its determinants in India at state and districts levels, as well as coverage of a nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive interventions. Data were from the National Family Health Surveys in 2005-06, 2015-2016 and 2019-21. We first report national trends for 8 population groups (Figure 1 below). For each population group, we show anemia prevalence by severity category and at state and district levels using the two latest rounds of data. Lastly, we show recent trends in determinants of anemia and, nutrition and health interventions.