Monday, 21 January 2013

About Being Human

Being Human – The Salman Khan Foundation' aims to improve and save lives through Education and Healthcare initiatives for the Underprivileged. To this end, they have partnered with these distinguished organizations:
Marrow Donor Registry India (MDRI)

MDRI was set up in 2008 as an NGO at the Tata Memorial Centre with the sole purpose of creating a registry of committed, voluntary and unrelated donors for those patients requiring bone marrow transplantation and without an HLA- matched donor within their families. However, for the registry to be functional, more than one lakh donors need to be registered. People from the age group of 18-50 years are eligible for donor recruitment.The Foundation has partnered with Marrow Donor Registry India (MDRI) to create a world -class registry of marrow donors in India for patients who have blood-related illnesses like leukemia, thalessemia, aplastic anemia and congenital immunodeficiency states.

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