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The National Health Mission (NHM) was launched by the government of India in 2005 subsuming the National Rural Health Mission and National Urban Health Mission. It was further extended in March 2018, to continue until March 2020.
Sickle-Hemoglobin E Disease (SE) Compound heterozygotes with sickle-hemoglobin E disease result when the gene of hemoglobin E is inherited from one parent and the gene for hemoglobin S from the other. As the amount of fetal hemoglobin decreases and hemoglobin S increases, a mild hemolytic anemia appears in the early stage of development.
Sickle cell disease is a group of diseases caused by a mutation in a subunit of hemoglobin, a protein found in red blood cells responsible for transporting oxygen. The most dangerous of the sickle cell diseases is known as sickle cell anemia.
In a hilly part of eastern Uganda that’s a sickle cell hot spot, the main referral hospital looks after hundreds of patients arriving from nearby villages to collect medication.
Causes of increased breakdown include genetic disorders such as sickle cell anemia, infections such as malaria, and certain autoimmune diseases. Anemia can also be classified based on the size of the red blood cells and amount of hemoglobin in each cell.
Examples of this type of disorder are albinism, medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency, cystic fibrosis, sickle cell disease, Tay–Sachs disease, Niemann–Pick disease, spinal muscular atrophy, and Roberts syndrome.
Hereditary haemochromatosis type 1 ( HFE-related Hemochromatosis) [3] is a genetic disorder characterized by excessive intestinal absorption of dietary iron, resulting in a pathological increase in total body iron stores. [4] Humans, like most animals, have no mechanism to regulate excess iron, simply losing a limited amount through various ...
Henrietta Lacks. Henrietta Lacks (born Loretta Pleasant; August 1, 1920 – October 4, 1951) [1] was an African-American woman [4] whose cancer cells are the source of the HeLa cell line, the first immortalized human cell line [A] and one of the most important cell lines in medical research. An immortalized cell line reproduces indefinitely ...
DHS' administrative headquarters is located in Downtown Los Angeles 's Civic Center, at the corner of Figueroa and Temple Streets . DHS provided healthcare services to over 643,856 unique patients and 2,457,174 patient visits in Fiscal Year 2015–16. [5] For Fiscal Year 2015–16, LADHS had an annual budget of US$3,832,724,000. [2]
Crohn's disease is a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that may affect any segment of the gastrointestinal tract. [3] Symptoms often include abdominal pain, diarrhea, fever, abdominal distension, and weight loss. [1] [3] Complications outside of the gastrointestinal tract may include anemia, skin rashes, arthritis, inflammation of the ...