VARANASI, Feb. 19 -- Some 9,000 girls, who were suffering from anaemia, have recovered following tracking, testing and treatment under the Anaemia Mukt Kashi Abhiyan in the last two months, Himanshu Nagpal, chief development officer, Varanasi, has said.

Varanasi with over 58% anaemia rate has one of the highest anaemia percentages in the country, said the officer and added that the drive against anaemia was launched with the objective to ensure intensive tracking, testing and treatment of anaemia patients in Varanasi district. Nagpal said, tracking and testing of 60,000 girls of Classes 6 - 12 in over 1,000 schools was done. Of them, 4,583 girls of different ages were anaemic. Some of them were mildly anaemic, others were moderately anae...