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We share the story of 6 blood requests which were handled between 17th Jan and 2nd Feb 2020 by Sankalp's Emergency Team.

29 Jan 2019 Press Information Bureau - Government of India: The Union Cabinet has approved the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020 to amend the Medical Termi

Thalassemia and Sickle Cell Society of Hyderabad is the single largest centre dedicated to care of patients from hemoglobinopathies in India.

April is a busy month at Sankalp India Foundation(SIF). This is the time when SIF reviews the work that the organisation has done in the past 1 year and lays out strategy for the year to come. Sankalp operates through teams which focus on different areas of the organisation's work. There is an emergency team, a team for the helpline, a team for thalassemia and so on.

Ahmedabad Inauguration

Iron chelation is an important and very costly part of thalassemia management. Over last 3 years we have been monitoring and helping make better the chelation therapy for children with thalassemia. We share here the common mistakes which often go unnoticed.

Dosage

Prolonged blood transfusion therapy and anemia can cause cardiac problems. Cardiac problems contribute significantly to mortality and poor quality of life for thalassemia patients.

With so much news about Ebola around it is important to maintain an up-to-date and accurate understanding of the disease. WHO fact sheet serves the purpose of providing accurate and reliable information about this disease outbreak. We share with you Fact sheet N°103 updated September 2014

Key facts

Quality Council of India's National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers (NABH) has pioneered accreditation of blood banks and assessment of their quality and operational systems. The NABH standard for blood banks which was first released in 2007 has been revised and from 2013 the 2nd edition is applicable.