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Prevalence of anaemia among antenatal women in a tertiary care hospital, South India

Author(s): K. S. Saraswathi, Farhana Aljabri and R. Shyamala

Nutritional anaemia in pregnancy is one of India’s major public health problems. The prevalence of anaemia in pregnant women ranges from 33% to 89%. The object of this study is to assess the incidence of anaemia in antenatal women. 9642 antenatal women were tested for Haemoglobin concentration in the blood. Incidence of anaemia was seen in 4918 women accounting for 51%.