{"id":9401,"date":"2024-06-14T14:21:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T14:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/?p=9401"},"modified":"2024-06-14T14:21:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T14:21:00","slug":"10-of-13-ukhand-dists-have-over-50-anaemic-children-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/10-of-13-ukhand-dists-have-over-50-anaemic-children-2\/","title":{"rendered":"10 of 13 U&#8217;khand dists have over 50% anaemic children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>InUttarakhand,anaemia among childrenbetween 9 months and 4 years, 11 months has improved by one point as its <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/percentage\">Percentage<\/a> fell from 59.8% to 58.8% according to the National Family <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/health\">Health<\/a> Survey (NFHS) IV (2015-16) to NFHS V (2020-2021) respectively. However, the state&#8217;s children are significantly anaemic.<\/p>\n<p>The trend of increasing anaemia among children is higher in the <div class=\"youtube-subscribe-container\">\r\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCNHT8lW-JmLC68rjBfZhdkg?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"youtube-subscribe-button\">\r\n        <div class=\"telegram-channel-container\">\r\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/pscnotes2025\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"telegram-channel-button\">\r\n            <span class=\"telegram-icon\">\r\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 496 512\">\r\n                    <path fill=\"white\" d=\"M248,8C111,8,0,119,0,256s111,248,248,248s248-111,248-248S385,8,248,8z M362,177L320,367c-3,14-10,18-20,14l-56-41l-27,26 c-3,3-5,5-10,5l4-63L323,196c5-5-1-7-8-3l-98,62l-42-13c-9-3-10-9,2-14l162-63C351,160,365,164,362,177z\"\/>\r\n                <\/svg>\r\n            <\/span>\r\n            Join Our Telegram Channel\r\n        <\/a>\r\n    <\/div>     <span class=\"youtube-icon\">\r\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 576 512\">\r\n                    <path d=\"M549.7 124.1c-6.3-23.7-24.8-42.3-48.3-48.6C458.8 64 288 64 288 64S117.2 64 74.6 75.5c-23.5 6.3-42 24.9-48.3 48.6-11.4 42.9-11.4 132.3-11.4 132.3s0 89.4 11.4 132.3c6.3 23.7 24.8 41.5 48.3 47.8C117.2 448 288 448 288 448s170.8 0 213.4-11.5c23.5-6.3 42-24.2 48.3-47.8 11.4-42.9 11.4-132.3 11.4-132.3s0-89.4-11.4-132.3zm-317.5 213.5V175.2l142.7 81.2-142.7 81.2z\"\/>\r\n                <\/svg>\r\n            <\/span>\r\n            Subscribe on YouTube\r\n        <\/a>\r\n    <\/div> hill districts when compared to the plains. The data indicates that over 50% children sampled are anaemic in Uttarkashi (73.6%), Chamoli (65.5%), Haridwar (63.1%), Tehri (61.1%), Udham Singh Nagar (60.8%), Nainital (59.8%), Dehradun (59.5%), Almora (57.7), Pauri (57.2%), Rudraprayag (52.4%), while in Bageshwar it is 43.7%, Champawat (43.1%) and Pithoragarh (36.2%).<\/p>\n<p>The sample size varied as per the districts&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/population\">Population<\/a>. While five districts have shown a rising in anaemia, the health department is concerned about the hill districts in particular, Chamoli (11.9%), Almora (9.1%) and Dehradun (8.9%), where the problem has increased by almost 9 points.<\/p>\n<p>Uttarakhand&#8217;s target is to <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/test\">test<\/a> at least 2.5 lakh tribal population for sickle cell anaemia, an inherited category. This mean some of these children may have inherited the disease genetically. Anaemia obstructs flow of <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/oxygen\">Oxygen<\/a> to the body&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/tissues\">Tissues<\/a> due to lack of haemoglobi, which in turns leads to multiple medical issues including tiredness, irregular heartbeat, chest pain and shortness of breath. Among children, it leads to stunting which may impede overall <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/growth\">Growth<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>InUttarakhand,anaemia among childrenbetween 9 months and 4 years, 11 months has improved by one point as its Percentage fell from 59.8% to 58.8% according to the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) IV (2015-16) to NFHS V (2020-2021) respectively. However, the state&#8217;s children are significantly anaemic. 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