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were launched as a part years are reported to
be anaemic and cereal
of this programme.
flour fortification with
Launch of “Brucella
IRON fORtIfICAtION iron (Fe) is the most
Free Villages” was
IN RICE ANd WhEAt
cost effective and
announced for
tO AddRESS
sustainable way in
implementation on a
ANAEmIA IN SChOOl reducing the
pilot scale in 50
gOINg ChIldREN
prevalence of ID and
villages covering 10
Iron deficiency (ID)
IDA. In order to
states. Brucellosis is a
and iron deficiency
address this,
zoonotic disease, seen
anaemia (IDA) are
Department of
in animals, and causes
widespread globally.
Biotechnology has
economic losses of
Forty percent of the
undertaken iron
about Rs 28,000 crores
world’s children in
fortification in rice and
per year. Three new
their school going
wheat; studies are
Brucella diagnostic kits
BRUCEllA-fREE
VIllAgES
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