Fifty five per cent youth of Madhya Pradesh suffered from shortage of blood including boys and girl.
This fact came to light in a report of the National Family Health Survey. Hence, a weekly programme to supply iron folic acid to the children between 10-19 years old has been started. In order to eliminate anemia these children would be fed with folic acid tablets. The tablets would be fed under the watch of nodal teacher and Anganwadi workers on Tuesday. In this drive, students of Class VII and XII will also be included. Folic acid is also known as Vitamin B-9. It is necessary for the performance of various activities of the body it checks anemia.
The CMHO Gwalior Dr Anoop Kamthan said that a weekly iron folic acid supply programme has been started in whole of the State. The tablet can harm if taken empty stomach. So the nodal teacher and Anganwadi workers have been directed to feed the tablets only after taking food. This can be removing the problem of anemia in boys and girls.