The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare along with UNICEF launched the AnaemiaMukt Bharat index.
The AnaemiaMukt Bharat is an initiative to reduce the prevalence of anaemia in India.
Haryana topped the index or the anaemia with a score of 46.7.
The index was released during the eighth governing body meeting of NationalHealth Mission in Chandigarh.
The state of Haryana has achieved 93% of immunization in the year 2019-20.
It is one of the 11 states of India that has achieved the national health policy targets well before 2020.
The institute deliveries of the state have increased to 93.7 percentage.
The scheme aims to reduce the prevalence of anaemia in India.
It provides bi weekly iron Folic acid supplementation to all under five children through Asha workers. Also, it provides biannual Deworming for children and adolescents.
The scheme also establishes institutional mechanisms for advanced research in anaemia. It also focuses on non-nutritional causes of anaemia.
