Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday( 19 June 2024) urged everyone to make efforts to eradicate sickle cell disease for which Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched a national programme.

The vice president was speaking at a programme in Dindori town of Madhya Pradesh on the ‘World Sickle Cell Day’.

Sickle-cell anaemia is caused by a defective gene, Haemoglobin S, which causes flexible red blood cells to become stiff sickle-shaped cells, obstructing blood flow and increasing the risk of organ damage.