Meaningful progress is often built through many people coming together with a shared purpose, and April reflected exactly that through two important initiatives focused on supporting families affected by thalassemia.
Sankalp conducted a series of HLA camps across Andhra Pradesh in April, reaching multiple districts and supporting families in their journey towards a potential cure. A total of 60 families were covered through camps held in Srikakulam (38), Kakinada (14), Kavali (6), and Eluru (2), reflecting steady outreach across the region.
On December 25, 2022, Akola, Maharashtra, will host yet another HLA testing drive. In this drive, 73 patient families and about 300 individuals from 8 districts in and around Akola were tested.
Thanks to the generous support from DKMS, HLA typing which usually costs a significant amount is made very affordable for several families in India. Through their support, Sankalp has been actively identifying candidates for BMT across the country. Over the last 3 months, nearly 500 HLA samples have been collected. Here is a snapshot of HLA typing events held at different places.
Hope is a good thing - may be the best of things..
Over last few months we have offered free HLA typing to 160 families in Karnataka,Maharashtra and Telangana.
The end of month of September was particularly busy for Team Sankalp as we geared up to offer HLA typing to about 200 families. Thanks to the support of Cure2Children Foundation - Italy and DKMS Germany, Sankalp has pioneered access to free HLA typing in a systematic and impactful way over last few years.
