Open AccessSurveillance of Anaemia: Mapping and Grading the High Risk Territories and Populations
Author(s) -
Sairam Challa,
Pallavi Amirapu
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/18107.7915
Subject(s) - public health , medicine , population , grading (engineering) , environmental health , tamil , pediatrics , demography , geography , pathology , linguistics , philosophy , civil engineering , sociology , engineering
Surveillance of anaemia is an ongoing process for assessing iron status and anaemia prevalence among individuals and the communities they live in. Measuring blood haemoglobin levels is the commonest method espoused worldwide for screening individuals and populations for anaemia and iron deficiency. World Health Organization (WHO) proposed a classification of public health significance of anaemia in populations on the basis of prevalence estimated from blood levels of haemoglobin. India falls under "Severe public health problem" category. An attempt has been made to categorise "Severe public health problem" into grades of severity that will help in prioritising the states and districts for targeted action.