Sickle Cell Anaemia (SCA)

  • Recently, Finance Minister said that government will work in “mission mode” to eliminate SCA by 2047.
  • SCA is an inherited blood disorder is highly prevalent among tribes in South Indian States.
  • It affects shape of red blood cells, which carry oxygen to all parts of the body.
  • People with this disease have a typical hemoglobin molecule called hemoglobin S, which can distort red blood cells into a sickle, or crescent, shape.
  • India is second-worst affected country in terms of chances of being born with SCA ....
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