Efforts stressed to curb spread of genetic disorders

Efforts stressed to curb spread of genetic disorders

Thalassemia patients receives blood transfusion at a Frontier Foundation Medical Center on World Thalassemia Day on May 8, 2025. — APPPESHAWAR: Speakers at a function on Thursday called for collective efforts to curb the spread of genetic disorders. They were speaking at a seminar arranged...

2,000-2,500 children in Sri Lanka suffering from Thalassemia: Health Officials

Between 2,000 and 2,500 children in Sri Lanka are suffering from Thalassemia, a genetic blood disorder that impairs the body s ability to produce healthy red blood cells, according to the Ministry of Health. MORE..

MoPH urges global support on World Thalassemia Day

Marking World Thalassemia Day, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Thursday called on international donors to expand their support for combating the blood disorder in Afghanistan.

Taliban say more than 5,000 children living with thalassemia in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan — More than 5,300 children in Afghanistan are currently living with thalassemia, a life-threatening inherited blood disorder, the Taliban’s deputy minister of public health said Thursday at a public health event in Kabul. Speaking at a session marking World Thalassemia Day, Deputy Minister Abdul Wali Haqqani said the government has taken steps to support patients, including the establishment of diagnostic centers in several pr…

The commemoration of this year is celebrated under the motto Together for Thalassemia: uniting communities, prioritizing patients. This day recalls that about 100 million people around the world are carriers of genes related to thalassemia and that each year more than 300,000 children are born with serious forms of disease. These figures reveal three vital needs: to increase the awareness of society about this disease and its profound impact on …