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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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.

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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

COI STATEMENT

Competing Interests: The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following competing interest: AS is a member of the PLOS Editorial Board outside of the submitted work. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS policies on sharing data and materials.