Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda emphasized on the need to create more awareness about Sickle Cell disease

Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda has emphasized on the need to create more awareness about Sickle Cell disease in the county. 

Addressing a webinar ‘National Sickle Cell Conclave’ in New Delhi to mark the World Sickle Cell Day, Mr Munda said,  government is committed to address and find a solution to deal with Sickle Cell disease in India.

He said, in order to collect real time data and provide relevant information related to Sickle Cell, the government has launched a new portal which will act as catalyst in creating



awareness.

 

The portal will have real time data through a dashboard along with registration facility, information about the disease and various government initiatives undertaken. The Minister said, today, people in the rural areas are about COVID19 which happened due to increased awareness towards the disease. He said, the Ministry has also initiated Action Research project under which Yoga dependent lifestyle should be promoted to reduce the complications in the patient suffering from this disease.