VIJAYAWADA : Observing World Sickle Cell Disease Day, Principal Secretary Kantilal Dande highlighted the prevalence of the disease among the tribal population in the State. Speaking at a programme held at AIIMS, Mangalagiri on Wednesday, he revealed that approximately one in every 86 births among Scheduled Tribes results in a child with Sickle Cell Disease and the government aims to …
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s announcement in the Union Budget of a mission to eliminate sickle cell anaemia by 2047 could very well be “a case of misplaced priorities” or may not have been thought through, according to K.P. Aravindan, public health activist and former Professor of Pathology, Goverment Medical College, Kozhikode, who has been working among SCA patients in …
The government has decided to stop the distribution of fortified rice to sickle cell anaemia and thalassemia patients in Wayanad district through the public distribution system following strong opposition from political parties and social activists. Anil in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday, decided to direct the Civil Supplies Commissioner to collect details of such patients from the Health department and stop distribution …
