A comprehensive strategy would be adopted in Haryana to deal with problem of malnutrition and anaemia by improving the quality of food items being consumed daily.
Addressing a workshop organised on Staple Food Fortification in Haryana on Thursday, Principal Secretary, Health, Navraj Sandhu said that Haryana is among food rich States, but still 70 per cent children are suffering from anemia and 40-50 per cent children are suffering from malnutrition in the State. The workshop was organised jointly by National Rural Health Mission and Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN). Also, Food Fortification of India (FFI), State Programme officers of Primary Education Department, Women and Child Development Department, Non Government Organisations, Food Safety Officers, State Programme officers-Health Department, Professors from School of Public Health, PGIMER, Chandigarh participated in the workshop.
Sandhu said that various programmes were being run to deal with anaemia, malnutrition and improving maternal health. Iron and folic acid tablets were being given to children under the Indira Bal Swasthya Yojana.