Prevalence and public health significance of anemia among non-pregnant, non-lactating tribal women of reproductive age (15-49 years) in India

Background: In reproductive age, anemia is high burden and significant loss of maternal life in India. In general anemia largely a nutritional deficiency disorder, suffering about 50% of all women during reproduction.
Objectives: This review works elucidates the prevalence rate and highlighting the inadequacy or opportunities to refocus this area which are taken but lag behind these or could find other solutions.
Methods: The methodology of this review work are simply searching of published literature review, articles, periodicals, through online database, journal etc. The article selected from the year 2000 to 2020 for those work studied key areas of tribal non-pregnant, non-lactating reproductive women between 15-49 years age. This review study included final 20 eligible research papers those conducted on same age and physiological condition of tribal women.
Results: Out of 20 selected paper 7951 sample were gather and tabulated for analysis. The range of lowest 48 samples to 3923 big sample was varied. In general anemia prevalence calculated by 65.3% (95% CI: 64.3 – 66.4) in studied subjects.
Conclusion: Anemia is a worst situation among tribal women in India as per WHO classification of severity of anemia, indicating need based urgent steps.