Open AccessSituational analysis of sickle cell disease in Gujarat, India
Author(s) -
Deepak Saxena,
Sandul Yasobant,
Mahaveer Golechha
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_284_16
Subject(s) - sickle cell trait , medicine , population , disease , scopus , government (linguistics) , family medicine , public health , environmental health , medline , pediatrics , pathology , biology , linguistics , philosophy , biochemistry
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a major public health concern in tribal community not only in Gujarat but also globally. Gujarat, a western state of India, has 89.12 lakh tribal populations and is expected to have at least 9,00,000 sickle cell trait and 70,000 SCD patients. The aim of the present review is to document the prevalence of SCD in various communities and various screening methods adapted.