{"id":25804,"date":"2017-05-12T08:48:38","date_gmt":"2017-05-12T08:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=25804"},"modified":"2017-05-12T08:48:38","modified_gmt":"2017-05-12T08:48:38","slug":"world-thalassemia-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/world-thalassemia-day\/","title":{"rendered":"World Thalassemia Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Question: World Thalassemia Day is observed on-<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) 10th May<br \/>\n(b) 7th May<br \/>\n(c) 5th May<br \/>\n(d) 8th May<br \/>\n<strong>Ans (d)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Related facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>8th May was observed as World Thalassemia Day across the world.<\/li>\n<li>World Thalassemia Day 2017 has a theme of \u2018Together for Humanity\u2019<br \/>\nWorld Thalassemia Day is observed to raise awareness about the disease and other fatal diseases.<\/li>\n<li>Thalassemia is a group of inherited blood disorders in which abnormal hemoglobin is formed in the body.<\/li>\n<li>There are three main forms of thalassemia &#8211; alpha thalassemia, beta thalassemia, and thalassemia minor.<\/li>\n<li>People suffering from thalassemia have less hemoglobin and fewer red blood cells, which lead to anemia.<\/li>\n<li>Hemoglobin is protein molecules in the red blood cells that are responsible for carrying oxygen in the blood.<\/li>\n<li>According to Indian Medical Association (IMA) around 35 lakh patients of Thalassemia are present in the country.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<strong>Reference:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/ncbddd\/thalassemia\/living.htmlhttps:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/ncbddd\/thalassemia\/living.htmlhttps:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/ncbddd\/thalassemia\/living.htmlhttps:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/ncbddd\/thalassemia\/living.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/ncbddd\/thalassemia\/living.html<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/food.ndtv.com\/health\/world-thalassemia-day-2017-causes-and-symptoms-of-this-genetic-disorder-1690790\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/food.ndtv.com\/health\/world-thalassemia-day-2017-causes-and-symptoms-of-this-genetic-disorder-1690790<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/zeenews.india.com\/health\/world-thalassemia-day-2017-know-the-position-of-the-disorder-in-india-2003201\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/zeenews.india.com\/health\/world-thalassemia-day-2017-know-the-position-of-the-disorder-in-india-2003201<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: World Thalassemia Day is observed on- (a) 10th May (b) 7th May (c) 5th May (d) 8th May Ans (d) Related facts: 8th May was observed as World Thalassemia Day across the world. World Thalassemia Day 2017 has a theme of \u2018Together for Humanity\u2019 World Thalassemia Day is observed to raise awareness about the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25677,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1141],"tags":[2342,2340],"class_list":["post-25804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ydw-snews","tag-day-week","tag-year"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25804\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}