New Delhi (NVI): The government of India has launched the Anemia Mukt Bharat (AMB) strategy under the Prime Minister’s Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nourishment (POSHAN) Abhiyaan, setting a target to reduce anaemia by 3 per cent per year.
The AMB mission has been launched in view of slow progress in reduction of anaemia cases between 2005 and 2015, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Ashwini Kumar Choubey told the Lok Sabha today.
The Minister said the rate of reduction of anaemia cases in the country from 2005 to 2015 was less than 1 per cent per year.
Under the AMB strategy, the Ministry has adopted the 6x6x6 strategy that implies six age groups, six interventions and six institutional mechanisms.
According to the Minister, the strategy focuses on ensuring supply chain, demand generation and strong monitoring using the dashboard for addressing anemia, both due to nutritional and non-nutritional causes.
