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MP: PM Modi to visit Shahdol tomorrow to launch National Sickle Cell Anaem
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The National Sickle Cell Anaemia Elimination Mission was announced in the Union Budget 2023. This will be implemented in 278 districts of 17 high focused states in the country namely Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Te
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MP: CM Chouhan takes stock of preparations ahead of PM Modi's Bhopal visit
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
PM Modi will visit the state on Tuesday and will flag off two Vande Bharat trains in the state capital. Besides, he will launch two missions which includes sickle cell anaemia mission and the distribution of Ayushman Bharat cards in the state.
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MP: PM Modi will launch sickle cell anaemia mission, distribute Ayushman B
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
"PM Modi will launch two missions here, which includes Sickle Cell Anaemia Mission and distribution of Ayushman Bharat cards. The Sickle Cell Anaemia Mission will be a new campaign for screening of the people who are suffering this disease and for arrangements of their treatment," CM Chou
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Elimination of sickle cell disease, integral part of achieving holistic vi
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Speaking on the occasion, Dr Paul said, "we have to make a collation at the ground level that connects each and every stakeholder. We need to make this as Jan Andolan to reach the last mile".
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Swastha Mann, Swastha Ghar: Health melas to be organised across India
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Activities like Yoga, Zumba, Teleconsultation and Nikshay Poshan Abhiyan along with Non-Communicable Diseases screening and Drug Distribution will be taken up at the health centres. Sickle Cell Disease screening will also be undertaken as part of these countrywide health melas, said the heal
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Study shows link between sickle cell disease, higher death risk in pregnan
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine have found a connection between having sickle cell disease (SCD), a hereditary blood ailment, and having a significantly increased risk of maternal morbidity and mortality.
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Centre to provide sickle cell anaemia status cards to tribal people below
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
This card will be divided into three different colour code categories. If a female has sickle cell anaemia then she will carry this card and the same will be followed with males also. The card will be issued based on the screening results and it will be in blue and pink colour.
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Govt to start awareness programme in mission mode in tribal areas to elimi
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday said that an awareness programme will be started in the tribal areas which are badly affected by Sickle Cell Anaemia.
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Budget, a step towards achieving 'Amrit Kaal' vision: Health Minister Mans
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
"Sickle cell anemia is a major disease among the tribal population. Seven crore people below the age group of 40 years will be screened for this disease," Mandaviya added.
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Budget: Centre aims to eliminate sickle cell anemia by 2047
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, during her budget speech in Parliament, said that the central government aims to eliminate Sickle Cell Anemia by 2047, and a mission will soon be launched in this regard.
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Fossils reveal dinosaurs of prehistoric Patagonia: Research
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A study is providing a glimpse into dinosaur and bird diversity in Patagonia during the Late Cretaceous, just before the non-avian dinosaurs went extinct. The fossils represent the first record of theropods, a dinosaur group that includes both modern birds and their closest non-avian dinosau
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Music therapies bring down discomfort, anxiety in cancer patients: Study
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
According to a new study published in the journal 'Integrative Cancer Therapies', music therapy reduces levels of pain and anxiety in cancer patients and sickle cell disease patients.
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