Events

  Observed every year on the last day of February and in the 29th of February in 2020, Rare Disease Day seeks to raise awareness among the general public, as well as policymakers, public authorities, industry representatives, scientists, and health professionals about the more than 7,000 rare disorders that affect as many ...

After the successful Capacity Building Workshop for Patient Organizations & Patients with thalassaemia, TIF will be traveling to Thessaloniki, Greece for a High-Level Thalassaemia & Sickle Cell Disease Healthcare Professionals’ Summit, to be held on 1-2 November 2019. Seeking to inform the healthcare community working in Europe about the optimal ...

134 million adverse events occur each year due to unsafe care in hospitals in low- and middle-income countries, contributing to 2.6 million deaths annually! Safety in health systems is a major global concern due to the enlarging numbers of people suffering avoidable harm while receiving healthcare. Recognizing the urgency of ...

  The Mumbai Hematology Group, in collaboration with the Youth Thalassemic Alliance, is organizing the 8th Thalassemia Lunch-on Symposium on Saturday, 12th October 2019.  The event will take place in the S P Jain Auditorium of the Bombay Hospital, Mumbai. Several renowned speakers, including Dr Maria-Domenica Cappellini from Italy, will ...

This is how this year’s voting results were shaped: Universal access to quality thalassaemia healthcare services: Building bridges with and for patients (Winning theme, 196 votes) Patients’ voice at the frontline: Advocating for a better future in thalassaemia care and management (112 votes) The globalization of thalassaemia – Common challenges ...

  The Egyptian Thalassaemia Association (ETA),  in celebration of this year’s International Thalassaemia Day, is organizing the 20th International Thalassaemia Day Conference to be held in Cairo on May, 1-2, 2019. Renowned international and national scientists working in the field, among which Dr. Frempong, one of the pioneers of sickle ...

  The Mumbai Hematology Group is organizing the 7th Thalassaemia Lunch-On Symposium on the 27th April 2019 in Mumbai, India. The Symposium will be covering several topics germane to thalassaemia, including expert sessions dedicated to the clinical management, multidisciplinary care, and springing up challenges and therapies of the disease. The meeting is ...

  The city of Dhaka, Bangladesh hosted on January 28 – 31, 2019 the “International Thalassaemia Conference 2019”, gathering researchers, doctors, and patients with thalassaemia from many countries. The aim of the Conference was to improve the overall management of the disease in Bangladesh, through the constructive exchange of views ...