Table 2.

Evolution of national anaemia control programmes of iron supplementation

Programme	Inception year	Beneficiaries	Iron intervention/dose
National Nutritional Anaemia Prophylaxis Programme (NNAPP)	1970	• Children aged 1–5 years • Pregnant women • Lactating women • Intrauterine device (IUD) acceptors	• Children aged 1–5 years: 20 mg elemental iron and 100 mcg of folic acid (daily for 100 d) • Pregnant women, lactating women and IUD acceptors: 60 mg elemental iron and 500 mcg of folic acid
National Nutritional Anaemia Control Programme (NNACP)	1991	• Children aged 1–5 years • Pregnant women • Lactating women • Intrauterine device (IUD) acceptors	• Children aged 1–5 years: 20 mg elemental iron and 100 mcg of folic acid • Pregnant women, lactating women and IUD acceptors: 100 mg elemental iron and 500 mcg of folic acid.
Weekly Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation (WIFS) programme	2012	• School adolescent boys and girls (aged 10–19 years) of grade 6 through 12, enrolled in government/government aided/municipal schools • Out of school girls (aged 10–19 years)	• 100 mg elemental iron and 500 mcg of folic acid
National Iron Plus Initiative (NIPI)	2013	• Children aged 6–59 months • Children aged 5–9 years • Adolescents aged 10–19 years (in school boys and girls and out of school girls) • Women in reproductive age group (15–49 years) • Pregnant women • Lactating women	• Children aged 6–59 months: 1 ml of IFA syrup containing 20 mg of elemental iron and 100 mcg of folic acid • Children aged 5–9 years: Tablets of 45 mg elemental iron and 400 mcg of folic acid • Adolescents aged 10–19 years (in school boys and girls, and out of school girls), women in reproductive age group (15–49 years), pregnant women and lactating women: 100 mg elemental iron and 500 mcg of folic acid
Anaemia Mukt Bharat (Anaemia Free India), Prime Minister’s Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nourishment (POSHAN) Abhiyaan (National Nutrition Mission)	2018	• Children aged 6–59 months • Children aged 5–9 years • Adolescents aged 10–19 years (in school boys and girls and out of school girls) • Women in reproductive age group (15–49 years) • Pregnant women • Lactating women	• Children aged 6–59 months: 1 ml of IFA syrup containing 20 mg of elemental iron and 100 mcg of folic acid • Children aged 5–9 years: Tablets of 45 mg elemental iron and 400 mcg of folic acid • Adolescents aged 10–19 years (in school boys and girls, and out of school girls), women in reproductive age group (15–49 years), pregnant women and lactating women: 60 mg elemental iron and 500 mcg of folic acid

mg, milligram; mcg, microgram.