Haemoglobin

World Sickle Cell Awareness Day 2020: All you need to know about the haemoglobin disorder affecting normal blood flow, its symptoms and treatment

In 2008, the UN General Assembly designated 19 June to be observed as World Sickle Cell Awareness Day globally to recognise sickle cell disease as a public health problem.

International Day of the Girl Child 2019: What's holding back India's girls

Even at the most basic level, data suggest discrimination against girls. For example, Indian girls are more likely to be anaemic than boys.

Things everyone should know about anaemia

In India, 50% of anaemic school children and women of reproductive age and 80% of anaemic children aged 2-5 years have iron-deficiency anaemia.

New smartphone app can help detect anaemia without the need of a blood test

The smartphone anaemia app is projected to be commercially available for public download in 2019.

Cutting down on rock salt and fluoride can help tackle anaemia, a new study finds

Researchers have found that consuming excess fluoride is intricately linked with anaemia

More than half the women in India are anaemic, says study

More than half the women in India are anaemic, according to a study done to analyse women who had gone through peventive health check-ups across the nation.

Delhi University researchers develop haemoglobin-based blood substitute

Delhi University researchers have developed a haemoglobin-based blood substitute that could be used in emergencies.