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Consider the following statements in the context of interventions being undertaken under Anaemia Mukt Bharat Strategy:1. It provides prophylactic calcium supplementation for pre- school children, adolescents and pregnant women.2. It runs a campaign for delayed cord clamping at the time of child-birth.3. It provides for periodic deworming to children and adoles- cents.4. It addresses non-nutritional causes of anaemia in endemic pockets with special focus on malaria, hemoglobinopathies and fluorosis.How many of the statements given above are correct?

aOnly one
bOnly two
cOnly three
dAll four
✓ Correct answer: c) Only three
ExplanationStatement 1 is incorrect: Under the Anaemia Mukt Bharat Strategy, the key intervention is to provide prophylactic iron and folic acid supplementation for preschool children, ad- olescents and pregnant women.Statement 2 is correct: The Anaemia Mukt Bharat Strategy runs a campaign for delayed cord clamping (by at least 3 minutes or until cord pulsations cease) at the time of childbirth.Statement 3 is correct: The Anaemia Mukt Bharat Strategy provides a bi-annual mass deworming for children and ado- lescents in the age group between 1-19 years and of women of reproductive age and pregnant women as part of the National Deworming Day programme.Statement 4 is correct: The strategy attempts to intensify awareness and integrate screening and treatment for follow- ing non-nutritional causes of anaemia with a special focus on malaria, haemoglobinopathies and fluorosis. : The Anaemia Mukt Bharat - intensified Iron-plus Initiative aims to enhance current approaches and develop innovative strategies to address anaemia effectively.It targets six bene- ficiary groups, implements six interventio

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