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Introduction: Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) is a condition where deficiency of iron in the body leads to reduction in the number of red blood cells (RBC). Even though IDA is an easily manageable condition with excellent outcome, it is observed that modern iron preparation often irritates gastric mucosa and causes adverse effects. In Ayurveda, IDA can be correlated with pandu based on symptomatic similarity. Navayasa Churna is an iron containing herbomineral preparation used for the management of Pandu. In this study, clinical efficacy and safety of Navayasa Churna has been evaluated in IDA.

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Background: Designing health care policies and programmes requires knowledge about health care seeking behavior so that that appropriate intervention can be planned. Health care seeking behavior is a complex outcome of many factors operating at various levels including availability and accessibility of healthcare services. Dependent on these determinants.Aim: to study the impact of the availability of healthcare facility on health care seeking behavior in Himachal Pradesh. Materials and methods:A pre-post-project cross-sectional survey was carried out in selected areas of two districts of Himachal Pradesh. Initially, 7698 women of reproductive age were surveyed using pre-designed and pre-tested proforma by the house to house visits. In addition, the women were informed about the newly made available Ayurveda services for certain conditions of antenatal care. The end line survey was conducted on representative samples of 400 women in the same area to know if there is any impact on the service seeking behavior among the women. Results:The health care seeking behavior towards Ayurveda significantly improved after the services were made available in the area. Conclusion:Health care-seeking behavior for Ayurveda among women for antenatal care depended largely on the availability and accessibility of services.