February 2016, Volume 6 Issue 2
Is skin branding a treatment for jaundice?
An age old practice which is harming children. - Dr Reshma Srinivas, Project Samraksha
Skin branding is a traditional practice seen in villages to treat and prevent certain diseases even today.
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Follow-up on adverse events for donors
The care giving to donors does not end with the donation process.
Since 2009 volunteers of Sankalp record details of adverse events in blood donation drives. A standard form which records donor contact details, complication details is filled and maintained digitally.
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News and Updates from January 2016
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Sustained efforts through the winter weeks of December saw a few blood donation drives materialize in the month of January 2016. Plenty of small blood donation drives in apartments and malls were organized right through the month.
Bombay blood group donor’s meet
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On 10th January 2016 we had the 5th Bombay blood group donor meet - the get together of the every special people who have the Bombay blood group. The meeting provides a unique opportunity for people with this rare blood group to come together and deliberate upon issues related to the donation, requests and management of Bombay blood group.
Curing thalassemia: How does bone marrow transplantation compare to gene therapy?
Dr. Lawrence Faulkner. Director Sankalp-People Tree Hospitals Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Bangalore, India and Medical Coordinator Cure2Children Foundation Florence, Italy.
The ideal cure for thalassemia, or for any other genetic disorder, would be to selectively correct the faulty gene in the relevant cell type in a safe, effective and affordable way.
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It’s 10/10 for our Bone Marrow Transplantions
21st January was a landmark day. It was the day when we discharged the 10th children from Sankalp-People Tree Center for Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation. The center which was inaugurated on 27th August 2015 has cured the first 10 children from thalassemia.
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