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CHALLENGES FACED medical check-up, and the distribution of antibiotics,
such as Amoxycillin, through the health system.
• The guidelines for Mission Poshan 2.0 have been pending
approval for a long time. Besides, these do not clearly • Amendment in the FCRA Regulation Act and
mention the appetite test, frequency, and platform for a short-term license renewals.
EVALUATION OF NEWER TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE PREVENTION OF
ANAEMIA IN PREGNANT WOMEN AND WOMEN IN THE REPRODUCTIVE
AGE GROUP USING BIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS
To investigate the impact of the use of iron-fortified ferritin and Vitamin C reactive protein assays have
iodised salt on haemoglobin levels, the Nutrition also been done.
Foundation of India (NFI) undertook a community-
based and open randomised study of two NFI also collected blood samples from pregnant
formulations: iron-fortified iodised salt and iodised women to assess their micronutrient nutritional
salt, in 750 families. Families who were willing to status prior to, and after micronutrient
participate in the study were provided with iodised supplementation. Besides, it sent coded samples in
salt, or one of the two approved formulations of duplicate to a path lab for evaluation. The quality
iron-fortified iodised salt. Blood samples were assurance tests for all the assays have been
collected from women in the reproductive age completed and were found to be satisfactory. The
group at zero, six, and 12 months of use. The impact data analysis is being undertaken and the final
of the use of iron-fortified iodised salts and iron reports are expected by December 2022.
status is being assessed, and examinations for
VITAMIN D FORTIFICATION OF MILK AND OIL AND
ITS IMPACT ON SERUM VITAMIN D CONCENTRATIONS
There have been very few e ectiveness studies This study is likely to provide conclusive results on:
conducted globally to examine the e ect of Vitamin (a) whether the vehicles for fortification are
D fortification on Vitamin D status, and in India, no appropriate or whether the fortificant or its
such study has been undertaken. Given this scenario, amount needs to be changed; and
an e ectiveness study was commissioned by the (b) whether campaigns for buying fortified milk
Hirabai Cowasji Jehangir Medical Trusts (HCJMRI) to and oil are necessary, given that the fortified
present and publish a comparative analysis of products are not more expensive than their
change in Serum 25(OH)D over a two-year period of non-fortified counterparts.
consuming foods fortified with Vitamin D, compared
with consuming unfortified foods.
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