Responding to the queries of legislators regarding the spread of sickle cell anemia in the Tharu community, Minister Adhikari, said at the Legislature-Parliament meeting on Wednesday, that Nepal Health Research Council has already begun study on the spread of the disease among Tharu community in various six districts in the west Tarai.
However, he said it was worrying that though the control of sickle-cell anemia was mentioned in the government’s policy and programme it was not included in the budget. RSS
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