A social profile of deaths related to sickle cell disease in India: a case for an ethical policy response
Sangeeta Chattoo,
Dipty Jain,
Nidhi Nashine
et al.
Abstract:India accounts for 14.5 percent of the global SCD newborns, roughly over 42,000 a year, second to sub-Saharan Africa. Despite the availability of cheap diagnostic and treatment options, SCD remains a largely neglected disease within healthcare policy and practice. Epidemiological modeling based on small, often dated, regional studies (largely from sub-Saharan Africa) estimate that between 50 and 90 percent of affected children will/die before the age of 5 years. This premise, coupled with targets of reducing u… Show more
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