Question: Recently Madhya Pradesh state government has decided to launch ‘Lalima Abhiyan’ to make the state free from which of the following disease?
(a) Malaria
(b) Anemia
(c) Leprosy
(d) Cholera
Ans: (b)
Related facts:
- On 9 October 2016 Minister for Women and Child Development Madhya Pradesh, Archana Chitnis announced that “Lalima” Abhiyan will be launched in the state to make children, girls and women free of anemia problem from November 1.
- Free iron folic acid tablets will be provided in aaganbadis, academic institutions and hospitals during the campaign.
- In this subject, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has urged the Union Minister for Health Jagat Prasad Nadda through letter to distribute ferrous escorbate tablets in place of ferrous sulphate tablets.
- Lalima Abhiyan will be conducted on Mission-Mode in the state.
- Beside women and child development, cooperation of public health engineering, ayush and school education department will be taken.
- Natural, Modern and traditional measures will be publicized to keep anemia away in the campaign.
- Anemia is a common health problem in women, teenage girls and children.
- If pregnant woman suffers from anemia, the new born will be of low weight and weak.
- This anemia is a basic problem of malnutrition.
- As per the figures of National Family Health Survey-4, 52.5 percent teenage girls and women in the age group of 15 to 49 years and 25.5 percent men are suffering from anemia.
Reference:
http://www.mpinfo.org/News/TodaysNews.aspx?newsid=20161009N17&LocID=1&PDt=10/9/2016
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/madhya-pradesh-to-launch-lalima-abhiyan-to-make-state-free-from-anaemia-3074965/
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/Now-Lalima-Abhiyan-to-rid-Madhya-Pradesh-of-anaemia/articleshow/54788352.cms