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India’s anaemia problem: an ambitious programme to combat it, but no data to measure it

Anaemia readings were omitted from the NFHS-6 and were taken instead in the SAMPADA survey. The problem is, data from SAMPADA is yet to be released, leaving the…

India’s anaemia problem: an ambitious programme to combat it, but no data to measure it
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Anaemia readings were omitted from the NFHS-6 and were taken instead in the SAMPADA survey. The problem is, data from SAMPADA is yet to be released, leaving the country battling a major public health concern with no numbers to show where, an in whom the problem lies

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