{"id":213961,"date":"2022-11-11T19:19:47","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T13:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=213961"},"modified":"2022-11-11T19:19:47","modified_gmt":"2022-11-11T13:49:47","slug":"study-links-pm-2-5-pollutants-to-anaemia-prevalence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/study-links-pm-2-5-pollutants-to-anaemia-prevalence\/","title":{"rendered":"Study links PM 2.5 pollutants to anaemia prevalence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source: <\/b>The post is based on the article <\/span>\u201c<\/b>Study links PM 2.5 pollutants to anaemia prevalence<\/b>\u201d <\/b>published in <\/span>Indian Express <\/b>on 9th November 2022.<\/b><\/p>\n

What is the News?<\/b><\/h5>\n

A study has been released titled \u2018Reducing the burden of anaemia in Indian women of reproductive age with clean-air targets\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

What are the key findings of the study?<\/b><\/h5>\n

Long-term exposure to fine airborne particulate matter \u2014 PM 2.5 pollutants \u2014 may increase the prevalence of anaemia among women of reproductive age through systemic inflammation.<\/span><\/p>\n

For every ten microgram\/cubic metre of air increase in ambient PM2.5 exposure, the average anaemia prevalence among women increases by 7.23%.<\/span><\/p>\n

Among PM 2.5 sources, sulphate and black carbon are more associated with anaemia than organics and dust.<\/span><\/p>\n

Further, among sectoral contributors, Industry was the biggest.This was followed by the unorganized sector, domestic sources, power sector, road dust, agricultural waste burning and transport sector.<\/span><\/p>\n

Measures Taken:<\/b> India has launched a programme under the POSHAN Abhiyaan aiming to make the country \u2018anaemia-free\u2019 and set a target of reducing anaemia in Women of Reproductive Age(WRA) to below 35% by 2022.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Suggestions:<\/b> Anaemia prevalence will fall from 53% to 39.5% if India meets its recent clean-air targets, taking 186 districts below the national target of 35%.<\/span><\/p>\n

About the Prevalence of Anaemia in India<\/b><\/h5>\n

Anaemia is characterized by diminished blood hemoglobin concentration and is often accompanied by a decrease in red blood cells. This results in a decrease in the oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood.<\/span><\/p>\n

Women of reproductive age may suffer from anaemia due to menstruation, dietary iron deficiency, genetic disorders, parasitic infections and inflammation from infections and chronic diseases.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

India\u2019s anaemia prevalence among women of reproductive age (15-45 years) is among the highest in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

The National Family and Health Survey 2015\u20132016 (NFHS-4) reported that 53.1% of WRA and 58.5% of children under five were anaemic.<\/span><\/p>\n

The World Health Organization(WHO) has set a global target to halve anaemia among women of reproductive age by 2053.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article \u201cStudy links PM 2.5 pollutants to anaemia prevalence\u201d published in Indian Express on 9th November 2022. What is the News? A study has been released titled \u2018Reducing the burden of anaemia in Indian women of reproductive age with clean-air targets\u2019. What are the key findings of the… Continue reading Study links PM 2.5 pollutants to anaemia prevalence<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,9],"tags":[10500],"class_list":["post-213961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-public","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704822076},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213961\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}