Aim: The aim was to find out the prevalence of anemia in the adolescent girls in the schools of rural area and the influence of worm infestation on severity of anemia. Materials and methods: It was a cross-sectionals study. 1000 school going adolescent girls were enrolled for the study of different school but of same locality after informed consent. Data for demographic profile were collected, followed by blood and stool sample collection for analysis of hemoglobin, iron profile, vitamin B12 and ova and cyst in stool. Results: We found prevalence of anemia was 48.9% in the study population. Anemia distribution was significantly associated with low socioeconomic class (SEC), low body mass index (BMI), and worm infestation. The prevalence of worm infestation was as high as 48.2% in study population. Conclusion: Based on this study we can conclude that Annual screening for anemia along with health and hygiene education must be taught. Poverty alleviation program would definitely aid in developing strategies and programs to improve adolescence health and regular deworming is prudent where open field defecation is prevailing due to lack of indoor toilets.
