Directly Observed Iron Supplementation to Treat Anemia
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2011-05-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
India continues to be one of the countries with very high prevalence of anemia. In fact,
National Family Health Survey-3 (NFHS-3,2005-06) revealed increasing prevalence of anemia in
women and children, since NFHS-2 in 1998-99. In the backdrop of this alarming trend, the aim
of this trial is to assess the effectiveness of a community based anemia management
intervention ( curative and holistic) delivered to rural anemia women and girls(aged 13 years
and above)in remote hilly villages (unit of randomization) in terms of change in anemia
prevalence (unit of analysis) after 3 months of iron supplementation. This trial with a
therapeutic component of "Directly Observed Home Based daily Iron Therapy (DOHBIT)" by local
village volunteers is conceived as a whole community approach to improve the hemoglobin
status of affected patients in remote villages.