WHO + UNICEF–> GReAT
1st Global Report on Assistive Technology
- culmination of the 71st World Health Assembly resolution in 2018
- 90% of those who need assistive technology do not have access to it globally
- SDG related to universal Health Coverage
Assistive Technology (AT)?
- AT is any item, piece of equipment, software program or product system that is used to increase, maintain or improve the functional capabilities of persons with disabilities.
MoHFW–>launched the 2nd phase of “Thalassemia Bal Sewa Yojna” for the underprivileged Thalassemic patients.
- Union government’s plan to distribute subsidised iron-fortified rice may do more harm than good to Adivasis, or indigenous populations, who suffer from sickle-cell anaemia and thalassemia and are genetically prone to these ailments.
- thalassemia— genetic blood disorder= less hbg than normal.
- sickle-cell anaemia–genetic+ inherited red blood disorder.. c shaped.. carry less O2 and die early.
- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT) program was launched in 2017 and is funded by Coal India Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). It will be extended for next 2 years from 2020.
- Fortification is the addition of key vitamins and minerals such as iron, iodine, zinc, Vitamin A & D to staple foods such as rice, milk and salt to improve their nutritional content.
- It is a genetic blood disorder that causes the body to have less hemoglobin than normal
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