Trained health workers push up treatment for diarrhoea, anaemia
The number of pregnant women taking folic acid to ward off anaemia and children being treated for diarrhoea in health facilities increased across five northern states—after a programme teaching frontline health workers to raise awareness and refer individuals to hospitals.
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