Open AccessProportion of anaemia and factors associated with it among the attendees of the antenatal clinic in a teaching institute of northeast India
Author(s) -
Arpita Debnath,
Asish Debbarma,
Saru Kumar Debbarma,
Himadri Bhattacharjya
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1499_20
Subject(s) - medicine , socioeconomic status , pregnancy , pediatrics , cross sectional study , obstetrics , demography , population , environmental health , genetics , pathology , sociology , biology
Anaemia is an important cause of maternal morbidity and mortality in India. According to National Family Health Survey-4, the prevalence of anaemia among pregnant women in Tripura was 54.4%, but the proportion of anaemic women attending antenatal clinics is not known.