Monday 20 April 2015

Assam's 600,000 Tribal Kids to be Screened This Year for Sickle Cell Anaemia

In Assam, India, the union tribal affairs ministry will cover at least six lakh tribal children under its sickle cell anemia screening program within this year. Sickle cell anemia is a hereditary blood disorder that results in abnormality in hemoglobin, which carries oxygen from the lungs to the body parts. "Sickle cell anemia is highest among malaria patients. Fifty percent of the malaria cases in the country have been found to be among the tribals although they ...

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