Indira Gandhi Government Medical College, Nagpur formalised a Memorandum of Understanding with Sankalp India Foundation to strengthen antenatal screening services, in the presence of Dean Dr. Ravi Chauhan and Head of Department Dr. Alka Patankar. This partnership marks an important step in expanding early screening and timely diagnosis, helping identify genetic blood disorders at the earliest possible stage.
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19-December-2022, Bangalore
29 Jan 2019 Press Information Bureau - Government of India: The Union Cabinet has approved the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020 to amend the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971. The amendment has increased the current limit of 16 weeks for termination of pregnancy to 24 weeks of gestation.
AHMEDABAD : How Thalassemia major is a natio
Since last year Sankalp India Foundation had been requesting the Government of Karnataka to come up with a comprehensive policy for support for thalassemia.
"State level Consultation on Status of Thalassemia and Other Hemoglobinopthies in Karnataka" was organised by Sankalp India Foundation with the major thalassemia centers in Bangalore as co-hosts on 9th of March 2016 at Rashtrotthana Parishat, Bengaluru.
November 14 2011 saw the birth of a new commitment for volunteers at Sankalp. From a bunch of volunteers taking up emergency blood requests and organizing a few blood donation drives, we took up something more serious and potentially game changing.
It was around July last year when we decided to put laziness behind and initiate the Sunday get-together for Thalassemia. There was a situation where several parents wanted to meet us and have discussions about various issues faced by their children. We earmarked Sunday as a day for all those meetings with the parents, exploring the strategies to improve the management of the disorder as well as take small steps in direction of the cure.
