On this score card, Himachal Pradesh was at 18th rank in the year 2018-2019 but with consistent efforts of the Government this rank has been improved to third in the 2020-21 AMB index, the spokesman said. He said that anemia prevention and control has been the priority agenda of . The government is working with various strategies under Prime Minister’s Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nourishment (POSHAN) Abhiyan and targets have been setup to reduce anemia.
The program covers the age groups of children 6 to 59 months, adolescents and Women of reproductive age 15 to 49 years.
The Anemia Mukt Bharat aims to provide preventive and curative mechanisms through a 666 strategy including six target beneficiaries, six interventions and six institutional mechanisms, for all stakeholders to implement the strategy. The strategy emphasizes on improving supply chain, targeted monitoring and continuous social mobilization using various channels of Communication.
This comprehensive strategy is expected to yield positive results in decreasing anemia prevalence. The score card and rankings in the Anemia Mukt Bharat Index are based on certain parameters like coverage of IFA supplementation across selected target beneficiaries to support assessment of progress and performance of the programme.