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Anaemia among mother-father-child pairs in India: examining co-existence of triple burden of anaemia in a family.

Pradeep KumarShekhar ChauhanRatna PatelShobhit Srivastava
Published in: BMC public health (2021)
The suggested interventions include early diagnosis, effective management, and treatment of anaemia. Moreover, adequate complementary feeding practices for children shall also be promoted. Parental education on nutrition is also required, and community interventions are needed to improve parental education on nutrition. At last, there is a need for greater policy and program attention to improving nutritional knowledge among mothers so as to tackle the triple burden of anaemia among mother-father-child pairs.
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