The Union Health Ministry is rethinking how it takes stock of anaemia across the country. Instead, anaemia’s prevalence will be tracked using the new Diet and Biomarkers Survey, launched in December last year by the National Institute of Nutrition, which will “map the diet, nutrition and health status and provide a correct estimate of anaemia among urban and rural population …
The story so far: Sickle cell anaemia, a genetic blood disorder, found mention in the Budget this year. Unusual, because unlike their usual globular structure with an indented center – like a doughnut with a hole – these blood cells were shaped like a sickle, similar to the letter C. This was the first description of sickle cell anaemia in …
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday during her budget speech announced that the government aims to eradicate sickle cell anaemia by 2047 and for this a new scheme will be launched that will cover 70 million people up to the age of 40 years in affected Indian tribal areas for screening of the disease. In sickle cell anaemia the shape …
Sickle cell anemia is one of a group of disorders known as sickle cell disease. Sickle cell anemia is an inherited red blood cell disorder in which there aren’t enough healthy red blood cells to carry oxygen throughout your body. Sickle cell anaemia is a common genetic disorder among Indians affecting the red blood cells. However, the side effects of …
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