MoU with WCL: When Prevention Becomes Part of the System

For prevention to work, it cannot arrive once as a camp and leave. It must stay within the hospitals and systems that families depend on.

On 31st July, Western Coalfields Limited and Sankalp signed an MoU to implement antenatal screening for Haemoglobinopathies through government hospitals across Nagpur, Chandrapur, Yavatmal, Gadchiroli, Chhindwara and Betul has signedup for stage 2. The agreement was signed by Shri Lalit Prakash Tirkey and Rajat Kumar Agarwal in the presence of Shri Bikram Ghosh -Director,WCL

Together, screening, partner testing, genetic counselling and confirmatory testing will make prevention a part of routine maternal care.