Families in Odisha can't check and share sickle cell status before a marriage without risking stigma.
People living with sickle cell disease or trait in Odisha, and their families
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- Found1 sourcethehindu.com
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The problem, broken down
- Who it hurts
- Young people and their families in Odisha, in districts such as Kandhamal and Angul, deciding on a marriage.
- The moment
- Two families discussing a marriage, where one side knows of sickle cell disease or trait and fears that disclosing it will end the match.
- What people do today
- Families match horoscopes, and some hide the condition: people collect medicines far from home and marriages go ahead without disclosure.
- Why it's unsolved
- Screening results sit with the health system, there is no private, consent-based way for two people to compare status, and the stigma makes open disclosure costly.
- What solved looks like
- A private compatibility check where two people each consent to share only one answer from their screening results (whether a child could inherit sickle cell disease), in Odia and Hindi, with a link to free testing and a counsellor, and nothing else revealed.
Evidence
Every claim is tied to the source it comes from- 1Odisha is among 17 states with a high prevalence of sickle cell disease; around 10.61% of the population screened in the state has either sickle cell trait or sickle cell disease.
- 2The National Sickle Cell Anaemia Elimination Programme was launched on July 1, 2023 across 17 high-prevalence states, with the goal of eliminating the disease as a public health problem by 2047.
- 3Experts said people living with sickle cell disease can lead a healthy married life if their partner has neither sickle cell trait nor sickle cell disease.
- 4An ICMR scientist studying stigma in Kandhamal district found that some people collect medicines far from home to hide their condition, and marriages take place without families disclosing it.
- 5Medicines such as hydroxyurea are available at government hospitals, but patients and families continue to face social stigma.
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Odisha is among 17 states with a high prevalence of sickle cell disease; around 10.61% of the population screened in the state has either sickle cell trait or sickle cell disease. The National Sickle Cell Anaemia Elimination Programme was launched on July 1, 2023 across 17 high-prevalence states, with the goal of eliminating the disease as a public health problem by 2047. Experts said people living with sickle cell disease can lead a healthy married life if their partner has neither sickle cell trait nor sickle cell disease. An ICMR scientist studying stigma in Kandhamal district found that some people collect medicines far from home to hide their condition, and marriages take place without families disclosing it. Medicines such as hydroxyurea are available at government hospitals, but patients and families continue to face social stigma.
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