-IDROnline.org The survey indicates an alarming increase in the number of wasting children, anaemic women, and obese men. The fifth round of the National Family Health Survey, released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on November 24, has revealed startling reversals in nutrition and health indicators. The data shows an increase in severe wasting in children under five—from 7.5% in 2015-’16, when the previous round of the survey was conducted, to...
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More Than 33% of Children in 14 states Anaemic, Gujarat on top at 79.7% -Priyanka Ishwari
-Newsclick.in Ladakh has the highest percentage of anaemic children among UTs at 92.5%, NFHS-5 reveals. The prevalence of anaemia among children and women has increased in most states and Union Territories (UTs) in the last five years. According to the latest findings of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5), 67.1% of children aged 6-59 months were anaemic in 2021 against 58.6% in 2016. According to the survey, released by the Union ministry of...
More »NFHS: anaemia cases down in UP, can be brought down further, say doctors -Gaurav Saigal
-Hindustan Times Data from fifth-round of national family health survey (NFHS) said anaemia cases among women of all age groups, including pregnant women, have gone down in UP anaemia cases among women of all age groups, including pregnant women, have gone down in Uttar Pradesh (UP) while it has increased slightly among children between 6 months and 5-years of age, according to fifth-round of national family health survey (NFHS) even as doctors...
More »Falling fertility, rising anaemia stand out in national health survey -Nandlal Mishra and Akancha Singh
-Livemint.com From a replacement-level fertility rate to rising anaemia prevalence, here’s what the latest round of the National Family Health Survey has found on key health indicators across India’s states India hit a major demographic milestone in the last two years as its total fertility rate slipped below the replacement level for the first time, show the findings of the latest National Family Health Survey. The replacement mark—2.1 children per woman—is the...
More »More than half of India's children and women anaemic: NFHS-5 survey -Ruchika Chitravanshi
-Business Standard On a positive note, the number of women aged 15-49 having bank or savings accounts they themselves used, rises to 78.6% compared to 58% in the previous survey; improvement in nutrition among kids and adults anaemia among children and adults has worsened, with more than half of women and children reported to be anaemic in the fifth national family health survey 2019-21 of fourteen states released on Wednesday. Among children from...
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