Q52 · UPSC Prelims 2023 · Set A · Current Affairs and GK

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Consider the following statements in the context of interventions being undertaken under Anaemia Mukt Bharat Strategy:1.It provides prophylactic calcium supplementation for pre-school children, adolescents and pregnant women.2.It runs a campaign for delayed cord clamping at the time of child-birth.3.It provides for periodic deworming to children and adolescents.4.It addresses non- nutritional causes of anaemia in endemic pockets with special focus on malaria, hemoglobinopathies and fluorosis.How many of the statements given above are correct?

A Only one
B Only two
C Only three
D All four

Correct answer: (c) Only three

Explanation

  1. A

    Only one

    Only one. Three AMB limbs hold.

  2. B

    Only two

    Only two. Delayed cord clamping, deworming, and non-nutritional causes are in the strategy; prophylactic calcium is not.

  3. C

    Only three

    Only three. Iron–folic acid, not calcium, is the prophylactic supplement. The other three statements match Anaemia Mukt Bharat.

  4. D

    All four

    All four. Calcium supplementation is the miss.

Summary. Official key is (c) only three. Anaemia Mukt Bharat uses IFA, delayed cord clamping, deworming, and work on malaria, haemoglobinopathies and fluorosis in endemic pockets. Prophylactic calcium is a different maternal protocol, not AMB’s listed intervention.

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