An Insight Into Anemia In Children

Introduction Anemia in children is a major public health problem throughout the world. Anemia in children has been defined as the mean haemoglobin concentration present below the established cutoff levels that generally varies based on the age of the patient. Anemia in children should never be trivilazed.1 The diagnostic criteria set by WHO for diagnosing anemia is an Hb levels of <11gm% in children of age group of 6-59 months, <11.5 gm% in children in the age group of 5-11 years and 12gm% in older children aged 13-15years. 2