World Thalassemia Day
Source: PIB Context: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoH&FW) launched the III phase of the Thalassemia Bal Sewa Yojana (TBSY) to commemorate World Thalassemia Day (May 8). Thalassemia: Thalassemia is an inherited (passed from parents to children through genes) blood disorder caused when the body doesn’t make enough of a protein …