Nearly half of India’s children and women are anaemic. The government’s answer isn’t just iron tablets — it’s a six-part strategy that even reaches into how doctors clamp a newborn’s umbilical cord.
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Anaemia Mukt Bharat
The 6x6x6 strategy, since 2018
SupplementationIron-Folic Acid — not calcium
Birth PracticeDelayed cord clamping
DewormingPeriodic, for children & adolescents
Non-NutritionalMalaria, hemoglobinopathies, fluorosis
Q52 answer: Only three statements correct. AMB provides iron-folic acid, not calcium supplementation.
🏛️ Must Know
The 6x6x6 Strategy
- Launched 2018 Anaemia Mukt Bharat (AMB) is India’s flagship anaemia-reduction strategy, covering six beneficiary age groups, six institutional mechanisms, and six programmatic interventions — the “6x6x6” approach.
- Iron-Folic Acid, Not Calcium AMB’s core supplementation intervention is prophylactic Iron and Folic Acid (IFA) supplementation, tailored by age group — not calcium supplementation.
- Delayed Cord Clamping AMB runs a campaign for delayed cord clamping at the time of childbirth, one of its six programmatic interventions.
- Periodic Deworming The strategy provides for periodic deworming of children and adolescents, since intestinal worms are a common cause of iron-deficiency anaemia.
🏘️ Good to Know
Beyond Nutrition
- Non-Nutritional Causes AMB addresses non-nutritional causes of anaemia in endemic pockets, with special focus on malaria, hemoglobinopathies (like sickle-cell disease), and fluorosis.
- Age-Wise IFA Dosing IFA dosing is age-specific: children aged 6–59 months get biweekly IFA syrup, 5–10 year-olds get weekly pink tablets, and pregnant women take daily tablets from the second trimester through six months post-partum.
- Behaviour Change A year-round Behaviour Change Communication campaign supports IFA-supplementation compliance and deworming uptake.
- Six Target Groups AMB targets children (6–59 months), children (5–9 years), adolescents (10–19 years), pregnant women, lactating women, and women of reproductive age (15–49 years).
Test Yourself
📝 Previous Year Question
UPSC CSP 2023 — Anaemia Mukt Bharat Strategy Statements
- UPSC 2023 Only three statements are correct: Statement 1 (calcium supplementation) is false — AMB provides iron-folic acid supplementation, not calcium. Statements 2 (delayed cord clamping), 3 (periodic deworming), and 4 (non-nutritional causes in endemic pockets) are correct. See UPSC CSP 2023 GS Paper I, Q52.
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