India, July 22 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
Sr . No
State
Age 0 - 2 Year
Age 2 - 10 Year
Age 10 - 18 Year
Age 18 - 25 Year
Age 25 - 40 Year
Age 40 + Year
Age N/A
1
UTTARA KHAND
2
RAJAST HAN
3
UTTAR
4
BIHAR
1
0
5
ASSAM
6
WEST BENGAL
7
JHARKH AND
8
ODISHA
9
CHHATT ISGARH
10
MADHY
11
GUJARA
12
MAHAR ASHTRA
13
ANDHRA
14
KARNAT AKA
15
KERALA
16
TAMIL NADU
17
TELANG ANA
Sr. no
State
Age 0 - 2 Year
Age 2 - 10 Year
Age 10 - 18 Year
Age 18 - 25 Year
Age 25 - 40 Year
Age 40 + Year
Age N/A
1
UTTARA KHAND
1
0
2
RAJASTH AN
1,602
3
UTTAR PRADESH
0
13
4
BIHAR
0
5
ASSAM
7
105
6
WEST BENGAL
274
7
JHARKHA
823
8
ODISHA
126,571
9
CHHATTI SGARH
73,359
10
MADHYA PRADESH
40,504
11
GUJARAT
30,793
12
MAHARA
26,474
13
ANDHRA PRADESH
4,755
14
KARNAT AKA
866
15
KERALA
1,099
16
TAMIL NADU
876
17
TELANG ANA
1,222
Name
0
0
4
0
2
0
0
21
682
1,181
388
507
110
37
PRADESH
1
14
11
3
6
1
0
0
1
0
8
0
0
24
44
106
136
33
2
14
107
166
281
276
52
1
44
472
524
654
621
99
12
1,615
23,383
28,061
22,065
26,434
4,320
477
254
6,812
9,308
4,914
5,912
969
139
A
590
8,804
12,182
8,815
8,688
1,098
259
T
64
2,421
7,186
7,004
9,327
4,476
47
263
6,211
7,527
6,828
7,890
1,134
38
PRADES
11
541
743
343
512
135
4
2
109
237
50
134
48
2
19
281
311
267
379
241
7
4
131
242
138
258
29
2
4
137
190
75
187
25
1
Name
4
47
2
15
0
36
3,080
1,219
1,598
725
189
19
10
29
14
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
194
516
714
89
3
64
649
1,325
1,220
271
7
ND
63
1,294
1,066
1,643
140
59
7,351
177,247
95,950
162,894
27,788
2,817
1,299
149,189
43,032
65,444
14,374
1,577
2,448
63,967
46,206
69,937
19,266
1,739
1,846
95,982
104,595
184,842
129,946
724
SHTRA
1,138
51,224
55,832
78,564
11,580
349
161
6,306
2,307
6,160
1,957
149
33
1,478
539
1,259
328
16
81
1,115
811
1,350
994
24
80
2,912
2,329
3,378
88
35
38
1,953
1,162
2,236
1,098
8
PRADES
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Union Minister for Tribal Affairs Shri Jual Oram informed Raya Sabha that as per the information received from Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoH & FW), under the National Sickle Cell Anaemia Elimination Mission (NSCAEM), screenings in the targeted age group of 0-40 years are conducted at all health facilities from District Hospitals (DH) up to Ayushman Arogya Mandir (AAM) level in the affected 17 tribal States for diagnosis of Sickle Cell Disease (SCD).
As reported by the States on the SCD Portal, as on 16.07.2026, more than 7.24 crore screenings have been conducted in tribal-dominated areas of the country, and a total of 247,961 individuals have been identified as diseased and 2,035,181 as carriers of SCD.
Age-wise details of diseased persons and carriers of Sickle Cell Anaemia identified through screening in the affected States are attached at Annexure I and Annexure II, respectively.
Hydroxyurea has been included in NHM Essential Drugs List at Sub-Health Centres, Primary Health Centres (PHC)/ Urban PHC, Community Health Centres (CHC) and DHs to address the issue of access to medicine. The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare provides technical and financial support to the States/UTs for conducting screenings and procurement of drugs for sickle cell anaemia, based on the proposals received in the form of PIPs under NHM.
Patients living with SCD including newly-married couples and pregnant women are provided with the following services/ facilities for improving their quality of life:
* Follow-up of diseased individuals at frequent intervals.
* Counselling regarding lifestyle management, pre-marriage and pre-natal decisions.
* Nutritional supplementation support through distribution of folic acid tablets.
* Conducting yoga and wellness sessions.
* Management of crisis symptoms and referral to higher facilities.
State- wise age-wise details of individuals who are sickle cell diseased as on 16.07.2026
Annexure-II
State- wise age-wise details of individuals who are sickle cell carrier as on 16.07.2026
Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication.
