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Almost 6 in 10 female adolescents in India are anaemic, with 21 of 28 states reporting increased prevalence since 2015, per national surveys

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Almost 6 in 10 female adolescents in India are anaemic, with 21 of 28 states reporting increased prevalence since 2015, per national surveys

image: Fig 4. Change in the prevalence of anaemia among adolescent women across the states of India between 2015–16 and 2019–21. view more 

Credit: Chakrabarty et al., 2023, PLOS Global Public Health, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Almost 6 in 10 female adolescents in India are anaemic, with 21 of 28 states reporting increased prevalence since 2015, per national surveys.

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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0002117

Article Title: Is the burden of anaemia among Indian adolescent women increasing? Evidence from Indian Demographic and Health Surveys (2015–21)

Author Countries: India

Funding: The authors received no specific funding for this work.

Journal

PLOS Global Public Health

DOI

10.1371/journal.pgph.0002117

Article Title

Is the burden of anaemia among Indian adolescent women increasing? Evidence from Indian Demographic and Health Surveys (2015–21)

Article Publication Date

6-Sep-2023

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