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24th - 25th September, 2016 Eros Hotel, New Delhi
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Organised by : Thalassemics India www.thalassemicsindia.org i 6th International Conference on Thalassemia
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Novartis Healthcare Pvt. Ltd.
Sliver Sponsor
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Special thanks to our collaborators:
Thalassaemia International Federation
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital
Apollo Hospitals
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PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES IN INDIA - THALASSEMIAS, SICKLE CELL DISEASE AND OTHER VARIANT HEMOGLOBINS 2015
National Health Mission Guidelines on Hemoglobinopathies in India
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Government of India
1 Contributors
1. Prof. IC Verma, Head, Department of Genetics, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi 2. Dr Sudhir Kr Gupta, Addl. DDG (NCD), Directorate of Health Services, MoHFW, Govt. of India, New Delhi 3. Dr Roshan Colah, Former Director-in-Charge, National Institute of Immuno-haematology (ICMR Institute), KEM Hospital Campus, Mumbai 4. Professor Arun Singh, National Advisor, RBSK, National Health Mission, MoHFW, Govt. of India, New Delhi 5. Prof. DK Gupta, Consultant and Head, Department of Hematology, Safdarjung Hospital & VMMC, New Delhi 6. Prof. K Ghosh, Former Director, National Institute of Immuno-haematology, (ICMR Institute), KEM Hospital Campus, Mumbai 7. Prof Renu Saxena, Professor & Head of the Department of Hematology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 8. Prof. Sunil Gomber, Director, Paediatrics, UCMS & GTB Hospital, New Delhi 9. Prof Madhulika Kabra, Head, Genetics Unit, Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 10. Dr. Sujata Sinha, Adjunct Associate Professor, Centre for Comparative Genomics, Murdoch University Perth, (Former Technical Consultant, Action on Birth Defects Project, RBSK, NHM, Uttarakhand) 11. Dr. Tulika Seth, Additional Professor, Hematology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 12. Prof. Jagdish Chandra, HOD Pediatrics, LHMC and Kalawati Saran Hospital, New Delhi 13. Prof Sarita Agarwal, Department of Medical Genetics, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow 14. Prof Reena Das, Department of Hematology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 15. Dr. V.K. Khanna, Sr. Consultant Pediatrician, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi 16. Dr. R.K. Jena, Professor & Head, Dept. of Clinical Hematology, SCB Medical College & Hospital, Cuttack 17. Dr. Sujata Mohanty, Addl. Professor, Centre of Excellence for Stem Cell Research, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 18. Mr. C.B.S. Dangi, Dean Faculty of Science, RKDF University, Bhopal 19. Dr. J.M Khungar, Senior Consultant, Hematology, Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi 20. Prof. Dipika Mohanty, Senior Consultant, Hematology and Lab Director, Apollo Hospital, Bhubaneswar, Odisha 21. Dr. Menu Bajpai, Associate Professor, Hematology, ILBS, Vasant Kunj , New Delhi 22. Dr. Jitendra Sharma, Director, WHO Centre for Medical Technology, NHSRC, MoHFW, Govt, of India, New Delhi 23. Dr. Vanshree Singh, Director, IRCS, Blood Bank, New Delhi 24. Dr. Prakash Parmar, Exec, Secretary, Indian Red Cross Society, Gujarat Branch 25. Mrs. Shobha Tuli, Secretary, Thalassemics India, New Delhi 26. Ms. Vinita Srivastava, National Consultant, Blood Cell (NHM), MoHFW, Nirman Bhavan, New Delhi
2 Contents
Messages ...... 05-20
Committees ...... 21-24
Faculty ...... 25-28
Conference Programme ...... 29-32
Abstracts ...... 33-61
Posters ...... 63-68
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