With majority of anemia cases in the country reported in small children, the Health Ministry is thinking of increasing clinics for these children and their mothers.
Health Minister Doctor Neil Sharma said that the silent years from 1 year to 5 years is an important time in a child's life and the Ministry will look at options of handing out more supplement nutrients.
Meanwhile, Doctor Sharma also revealed that they will be handing out tablets to primary school students as well.
Chief dietician for the Health Ministry Nisha Khan had revealed that surveys done by the Ministry and Bureau of Statistics in 2004 revealed that Fiji loses an estimated $78 million yearly because of Anaemia and the only way to address this is to start looking at the young children.
From 1993 to 2004, there was an increase of about 22% of children under the age of 5 who had anaemia.
Health clinics to be increased
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