Tag: Anaemia
Thalassemia patients included in 5% reservations for higher education under disability
National Thalassemia Welfare Society organized the 25th International Thalassemia Day at New Delhi where experts and policymakers deliberated upon the need for creating more awareness and better options for Thalassemia patients...................
Agri ministry releases recombinant ELISA kits for diagnosis of key animal...
The novel Enzyme-linked immune sorbent assay (ELISA) kits will help in the diagnosis of notifiable diseases in India, Glanders and Equine Infectious Anaemia which require special diagnosis for control and eradication in the country...……..
Health ministry comes up with guidelines on Thalassemia
While it has defined the guidelines, the health ministry hasn't made the carrier testing compulsory for relatives of thalassemia patients as it wants the same to be voluntary and not cause stigmatisation of the family...........
Zydus Cadila begins phase-2 trial of drug to cure anaemia in...
Zyani1, an oral hypoxia-inducible factor prolyl hydroxylase inhibitor (HIF-PHI), is being tested as a viable treatment for anaemia associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD)...........
FSSAI constitutes scientific panel on food fortification & nutrition
The scientific panel has eleven distinguished experts and scientists who will identify critical nutritional gaps in the Indian diet in general as well as in specific target groups based on diet surveys.....
Rice fortification with Iron to address incidences of Anaemia
India has developed the requisite technology for the fortification rice with iron to address the incidences of Anaemia in the country....
Access to medical technology can save thousands of premature babies
With hospitals and NICUs in India becoming equipped with the latest medical technologies, survival of premature babies in India has improved markedly says the Cloudnine Group of Hospitals....
Fortified rice to counter anaemia in Indian children
Food fortification is the easiest way to deliver micronutrients to large populations and the Department of Biotechnology intends to utilize similar route.......