Understand the topic
What this means in daily life
This topic studies whether pregnancy-related anaemia care reaches the woman through assessment, appropriate clinical management and follow-up. Giving out a product is different from establishing that suitable care was received and reviewed.
The proposed pathway connects access to testing with receipt and professional review of the result. It also asks whether the woman can obtain the care already prescribed and return for review, without turning the page into a treatment guide.
Data reference table
Evidence Snapshot
Read each value with its reporting period, population and limitations. A historical national reference is not a local baseline or proof that an IFT proposal works.
1 source-linked reference record. 3 measurement records still need data and a review of their relevance.
| Signal | Reference Value | Period / Population | How to Read It | Source Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anaemia among pregnant women aged 15–49 | 52.2% Historical reference | NFHS-5, 2019–21 India; pregnant women aged 15–49 | A pregnancy-specific survey prevalence reference for nutrition and antenatal-system research. Limitations: Historical household-survey estimate. Sampling, non-response and measurement limitations apply; the India figure cannot be assigned to a district or an individual. Sample size, pregnancy-specific classification and testing method matter; no treatment dose follows from this table. | Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India Official government release Anaemia Mukt Bharat: NFHS-5 prevalence by population group Published: 2022-02-04 Publication checked: 2026-11-04 Value, period and coverage checked in publication |
| Early registration and quality ANC | Not established Data required — not zero | Reporting period: Information Required Population and geography: Information Required | Proposed measure; no observed value is established here. Limitations: Define the measure, unit, reporting period and covered population; obtain a traceable dataset and review its suitability for this topic before using a number. | Source organisation: Information Required Direct source URL: not yet verified Source publication date: not established Verification status: Data required |
| Risk detection-to-referral time | Not established Data required — not zero | Reporting period: Information Required Population and geography: Information Required | Proposed measure; no observed value is established here. Limitations: Define the measure, unit, reporting period and covered population; obtain a traceable dataset and review its suitability for this topic before using a number. | Source organisation: Information Required Direct source URL: not yet verified Source publication date: not established Verification status: Data required |
| Emergency obstetric readiness | Not established Data required — not zero | Reporting period: Information Required Population and geography: Information Required | Proposed measure; no observed value is established here. Limitations: Define the measure, unit, reporting period and covered population; obtain a traceable dataset and review its suitability for this topic before using a number. | Source organisation: Information Required Direct source URL: not yet verified Source publication date: not established Verification status: Data required |
Different surveys, administrative records, estimates and reporting years are not interchangeable. No combined IFT score is calculated from these rows.
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10 ideas for this topic
What could be done — and what needs testing
These are proposals for research and local testing. They are not claims that a project has been funded, implemented or proved successful.
Screening access map
Ask qualified maternity teams where testing access, waiting or result collection breaks down.
What to check: Compare real testing access with advertised provision
Result-to-clinician handover
Check that a completed test reaches an authorised clinician for interpretation and an appropriate care plan.
What to check: Confirm result review by an authorised clinician
Missed follow-up contact
Offer a woman-approved reminder route when a planned clinical review is missed.
What to check: Test the woman-approved reminder channel
Medicine supply continuity
Examine whether prescribed products are available without asking the platform to recommend treatment.
What to check: Record interruptions to prescribed care
Side-effect conversation
Provide private access to qualified staff when a woman has concerns about her prescribed care.
What to check: Check access to qualified review of concerns
Nutrition support link
Connect requested food and nutrition support with the maternity team’s individual advice.
What to check: Follow requested food support to actual receipt
Referral transport readiness
Review how women needing further assessment reach the service that accepts the referral.
What to check: Confirm transport and receiving-service acceptance
Care-record portability
Test whether necessary results and the current care plan follow a woman who changes facility.
What to check: Test a facility change with authorised records
Rural testing barriers
Compare travel, cost and availability for villages with the facility’s normal follow-up arrangements.
What to check: Include travel time and unavailable rural appointments
Clinical response review
Ask authorised reviewers to examine documented follow-up and unresolved care gaps rather than supplement distribution totals.
What to check: Review clinical follow-up rather than distribution totals
References and evidence limits
- WHO: Anaemia
Anaemia has multiple causes and management depends on assessment; no thresholds or doses are provided here.
Reference guidance informs the proposal. It does not establish local conditions, approve a design or prove that these proposed projects work.