PERSPECTIVE article
Front. Public Health
Sec. Public Health Policy
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1587738
This article is part of the Research TopicTackling Non-Communicable Diseases and Epidemiological Transition in Low- and Middle-Income CountriesView all articles
Measuring Success of Targeted Screening and Prevention for Hemoglobinopathies
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Rajat Kumar Agarwal1,2*
Sundar Periyavan1Deepa Trivedi1Vaibhav Shah1Mohana Reddy1George Mani1Kumari Ankita1,2Amit Sedai1,2Lawrence Faulkner1,3- 1Sankalp India Foundation, Bangalore, India
- 2Jagriti Innohealth Platforms Pvt Ltd, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- 3Cure2children Foundation, Firenze, Italy
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1. Effective screening for hemoglobinopathies prevents affected births. Success relies on counselor quality, testing accuracy, accessibility, timeliness, and demographic factors influencing participation and outcomes. 2. Screening Rate measures the percentage of at-risk women successfully screened and informed, reflecting the program's reach and timeliness. 3. Prevention Index tracks the number of women enrolled per birth prevented, highlighting the program's effectiveness in reducing affected births. 4. These indicators help measure the effectiveness, cost-efficiency, and societal impact of screening programs, guiding improvements and resource allocation.
Keywords: screening, Prevention & control, Hemoglobinopathies, Program Evaluation, Thalassemia and Sickle Cell Disease
Received: 04 Mar 2025; Accepted: 16 Jul 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Agarwal, Periyavan, Trivedi, Shah, Reddy, Mani, Ankita, Sedai and Faulkner. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Rajat Kumar Agarwal, Sankalp India Foundation, Bangalore, India
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