PREVALENCE OF ANEMIA IN PREGNANCY * PROJECT DONE BY Salome Pritha.S.P Sangeetha.R Sede Quveaeey mahYl Shakthi Jayanthy. V SSyi(6 | se: ae)ACKNOWLEDGEMENT we wish to thank our Prof.Dr. Thomas V.Chacko who gave us permission to do this project. Our sincere thanks to Dr.Ravi Shankar, our guide & Dr.Prem Kumar Medical Officer, Somanur PHC who led us through this project. We also thank to Health Inspector,the Lab Technician, The Community Health Workers of Toya e1 oer aINTRODUCTION Anemia is one of the most common factors complicating pregnancy. Surveys in different parts of India indicate that 50-60% of women belonging to low socio-economic groups are anemic. * An overall prevalence of anemia in pregnancy is of the magnitude of 58.99% of which 4.13% are severely anemic. * The major etiological factor being iron & folic acid deficiency. eMC Ree Ceo RENE O CS Coes ear ATES birth, post partum hemorrhage, puerperal sepsis, thrombo-embolism in Bier dt cam * Early neonatal mortality was found to be 1.84% in mild anemic MeL errno aerate ite Sena * Hence it is essential that in India the women should be aware of CICERO TeM mt eo Nmem acts be mM MLey ne eCca COT tN Fark