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02/02/23 07:49 AM IST

Sickle Cell Anaemia

In News
  • The government will work in a mission mode to eliminate sickle cell anaemia by 2047, announced Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman while presenting the Union Budget 2023-24.
About Mission
  • A mission will be launched to eliminate sickle cell anaemia by 2047.
  • The mission will entail awareness creation, universal screening of seven crore people in the 0-40 years age group in affected tribal areas and counselling through collaborative efforts of central ministries and state governments.
Sickle Cell Anaemia
  • It is a group of inherited red blood cell disorders. Red blood carries oxygen to all parts of the body.
  • Healthy red blood cells are round, and they move through small blood vessels to carry oxygen to all parts of the body.
  • In someone who has SCD, the hemoglobin is abnormal, which causes the red blood cells to become hard and sticky and look like a C-shaped farm tool called a “sickle.”
  • The sickle cells die early, which causes a constant shortage of red blood cells.
  • SCD is a genetic condition that is present at birth. It is inherited when a child receives two genes—one from each parent—that code for abnormal hemoglobin.
Initiatives taken by the Govt.
  • The Unmukt Project is being implemented by the Central Government to strengthen screening and timely management of Sickle Cell Anemia.
  • The Tribal Affairs Ministry established the National Council on Sickle Cell Disease and Tribal Health Cell, which would coordinate with the Ministry of Health and State Governments.
  • The Tribal Affairs Ministry, through development of Sickle Cell Support Corner, has instituted a mechanism for creating a Central Repository of data.
Source- PIB

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