{"id":242620,"date":"2024-06-21T01:41:23","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T20:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=242620"},"modified":"2024-06-21T01:41:23","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T20:11:23","slug":"awareness-prog-on-sickle-cell-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2024\/06\/21\/awareness-prog-on-sickle-cell-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Awareness prog on sickle cell disease"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>NIRJULI, 20 Jun:<\/strong> The NERIST Health Unit (NHU) organised an awareness programme on 19 June to commemorate the World Sickle Cell Day, under the aegis of the Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Held at the NHU, the event was dedicated to enlightening the community about sickle cell disease and stressing the importance of early diagnosis and treatment,&#8221; the institute informed in a release.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Addressing the participants, NERIST Director ProfNarendranath S reiterated the institute&#8217;s dedication to health initiatives, and lauded the health unit and the UBA &#8220;for their proactive organisation of the event.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also emphasised &#8220;the pivotal role of ongoing health education in fostering community wellbeing and enhancing public awareness.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">NHU Senior Medical Officer Dr Popi Camdir Tokpresented a brief on sickle cell disease, elucidating its genetic origins, symptoms, and treatment modalities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dr Tok underscored the pivotal role of genetic counselling and regular health assessments in managing the disease effectively.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">UBA regional coordinator Dr T Patel and UBA coordinator Dr M Mishra highlighted the continuing importance of health education initiatives and the UBA&#8217;s pivotal role in supporting such endeavours.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They urged the participants to &#8220;propagate the knowledge gained during the programme within your communities, thereby fostering greater understanding and support for individuals affected by sickle cell disease.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">NERIST Academic Dean Prof S Gao, Administration Dean (Academics) Prof M Chandrasekaran, UBA members, NERIST faculty members, staff, and students participated in the programme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NIRJULI, 20 Jun: The NERIST Health Unit (NHU) organised an awareness programme on 19 June to commemorate the World Sickle Cell Day, under the aegis of the Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA). &#8220;Held at the NHU, the event was dedicated to enlightening the community about sickle cell disease and stressing the importance of early diagnosis and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-242620","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242620\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}