Background: Anaemia in pregnancy is one of the major risk among them. This is associated with abortions, premature births, postpartum haemorrhage and low birth weight. Thus anaemia is considered as one of the most frequent complications of pregnancy and there is need of early detection. Methods: Retrospective record based study conducted at Rural Health Training Centre Udairamsar, Bikaner, Rajasthan. Data regarding pregnancy are collected from 1April 2015 to31 March 2016 by referring the records maintained at RHTC. Data was analysed using SPSS 20. Results: A total of 135 pregnant women were registered for ANC care during this one year period. Majority (64.44%) belonged to the age group of 20-25 years and 94.8% were Hindu by religion. 48.18% of pregnant women were registered during first trimester followed by 28.88% who had registered during second trimester and rest at third trimester. Prevalence of anaemia in the present study was found to be 89.26% with 121 cases among which 92 cases were mild form, 28 cases were moderate form and only 1 case was of severe form with Haemoglobin level below 7g/dl. The study didn't show any significant association between anaemia and booking trimester. Conclusions: There is high prevalence (85.2%) of anemia among pregnant women. It was also noted that 45.1% of the pregnant women registered after first trimester of pregnancy. Hence leading to late acceptance of antenatal care and iron and folic acid supplementation which is given to reduce the cases of anemia in pregnancy.

Background: Substance abuse can simply be defined as a pattern of harmful use of any substance for mood-altering purposes. "Substances" can include alcohol and other drugs (illegal or not) as well as some substances that are not drugs at all. Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted among the migrant workers working in Bikaner Rajasthan, over the time duration of 3 months. All migrant laborers above the age group of 18 years were included in the study. Data was collected from ante-natal register using Predesigned, pretested, validated and structured proforma. Result: In our study prevalence of substance abuse was found to be among 84.00% of participants. 44.8% of the study participants were consuming alcohol, 50.2% of the study participants were chewing tobacco. Conclusion: The result of the present study suggests that substance abuse among migrant workers was very high. Policy makers must pay extra attention to the health of migrants by implementing safety measures and organizing intense behaviour change communication. Keywords: Alcohol, Smoking, immigrant construction workers