Consider the following statements in the context of interventions being undertaken under Anaemia Mukt Bharat Strategy : 1. It provides prophylactic calcium supplementation for pre-school children, adolescents and pregnant women. 2. It runs a campaign for

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Q: 82 (IAS/2023)
Consider the following statements in the context of interventions being undertaken under Anaemia Mukt Bharat Strategy :
1. It provides prophylactic calcium supplementation for pre-school children, adolescents and pregnant women.
2. It runs a campaign for delayed cord clamping at the time of child birth.
3. It provides for periodic deworming to children and adolescents.
4. It addresses non-nutritional causes of anaemia in endemic pockets with special focus on malaria, hemoglobinopathies and fluorosis.
How many of the statements given above are correct?

question_subject: 

Science

question_exam: 

IAS

stats: 

0,6,8,0,5,7,2

Option 1: The Anaemia Mukt Bharat Strategy provides prophylactic iron and folic acid supplementation, not calcium supplementation, for pre-school children, adolescents and pregnant women. Hence, this statement is incorrect.

Option 2: The Anaemia Mukt Bharat Strategy does promote delayed cord clamping at the time of childbirth to increase the infant’s iron stores, which might last up to 6 months of age. That`s why this statement is correct.

Option 3: Periodic deworming under this strategy is an initiative to reduce worm infestation which can cause nutritional deficiencies leading to anaemia. Thus, this statement is also correct.

Option 4: This strategy addresses non-nutritional causes of anaemia such as malaria, hemoglobinopathies and fluorosis, particularly in endemic areas. Therefore, this statement is correct.

Taken together, three out of these four statements are correct, which corresponds to Option 3.