JPMA - Journal Of Pakistan Medical Association
Iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) is a world wide problem. In paediatric age group (1-10 years), the major cause of anaemia is iron deficiency 1,2, however, a small percentage could be due to malarial parasites, chronic infections and haemoglobinopathies.The current prevalence rate of anaemia, in children of world at large, is 30% 3 and that of South East Asia is 7Ø% 4.