84 ... ... ... ... .. R I G H T TO H E A LT H each of the recommendations made during the April 2001 Regional Consultation. The two key action points which emerged from the meeting were: ● the joint organization, by the Commission and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, of a National Consultation on Strengthening Primary Health Care, and ● the Constitution of an Expert Committee by the Commission, with the participation of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, to review and reform Emergency Medical Care Services in urban and rural settings. C] Maternal Anaemia and Human Rights 6.7 Central to the Commission's concerns in respect of the right to health has been its anxiety about the deleterious effects of maternal anaemia both on the mother and on the child. The Commission has, thus, taken-up the issue of the widespread prevalence of iron deficiency among expectant mothers, which has resulted not only in high infant and maternal mortality but also in low birth-weight related developmental disabilities, particularly among economically disadvantaged sections of society. 6.8 It was in order to evolve a plan of action for systemic improvements in the health care delivery system, that a two-day Workshop on Health and Human Rights, with special reference to maternal anaemia was organized by the Commission on 26-27 April 2000 in partnership with the Department of Women & Child Development and UNICEF. The recommendations of that Workshop were transmitted to the concerned Ministries of the Central Government for appropriate action. 6.9 A report received from Ministry of Health & Family Welfare pursuant to that Workshop indicates that they have taken the following steps to eliminate anaemia in pregnant adolescent women as well as pre-school children: ● Iron folic tablets are supplied to all the Public Health Centres/Sub-centres in the country. The Multipurpose Health Worker (Female)/ANM and other paramedical workers in the sub-centres and primary health centres and the front line workers of the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) also assist in IFA tablet distribution and education to mothers on prevention of anaemia. ● For improving the maternal and child health care services in the remote N AT I O N A L H U M A N R I G H T S C O M M I S S I O N