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Prevention of anaemia in women of child-bearing age

The paper by Brabin et al. [1] in this issue of the Food and Nutrition Bulletin, consisting of an epidemiological cross-sectional study of women attending health posts and post-partum centres in Mumbai, India, points out very clearly several important and commonly observed facts regarding the haematological status of women of child-bearing age, particularly but not exclusively in the developing world. The following points are noteworthy from the policy point of view. The prevalence of anaemia among both pregnant and non-pregnant women is extremely high (80% and 82%, Results of primary health care in Matlab, Bangladesh