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WEBINAR | New Advances in the Prevention of Thalassaemia: Potential for High-Prevalence Regions
📌 Webinar Title: New Advances in the Prevention of Thalassaemia: Potential for High-Prevalence Regions 📌 Date & Time: Tuesday, 21 January 2025 | 14:30-16:00 Athens Time, 19:30-21:00 Kuala Lumpur Time Webinar…
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ADVOCACY IN ACTION | Highlights from the TIF Meeting with Greek Health Minister, Adonis Georgiadis
A productive meeting between the Greek Minister of Health, Mr. Adonis Georgiades, and a Thalassaemia International Federation (TIF) delegation took place on February 7, 2024. The discussions centered on longstanding…
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Scientific Literature
Applications of Αrtificial Ιntelligence in Τhalassemia: A Comprehensive Review
Thalassemia is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder that affects the beta or alpha subunits of the hemoglobin structure. Thalassemia is classified as a hypochromic microcytic anemia and a definitive diagnosis…
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Global Globin Network Consensus Paper: Classification and Stratified Roadmaps for Improved Thalassaemia Care and Prevention in 32 Countries
The Global Globin Network (GGN) is a project-wide initiative of the Human Variome/Global Variome Project (HVP) focusing on haemoglobinopathies to build the capacity for genomic diagnosis, clinical services, and research…
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The Prevention of Thalassemia Revisited: A Historical and Ethical Perspective by the Thalassemia International Federation
Hemoglobinopathies are the most common monogenic disorders in humans; among them, thalassemia constitutes a serious medical and public health problem in high prevalence regions, in a geographical zone ranging from…
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Malaysian Health Minister: The Country Needs More Geneticists to Detect Thalassaemia Early
Malaysia needs more geneticists in order to identify thalassaemia patients at an early stage, stated Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba, after launching the 2019 Malaysia Thalassaemia Registry (MTR)…
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TIF Publications
Prevention of Inherited Diseases – The Example of β-Thalassaemia (2020)
An educational brochure explaining the inheritance patterns of β-thalassaemia and the choices available for an ”at-risk” couple to have a child without the disease.
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JUST LANDED: The ”Prevention of Inherited Diseases – The Example of β-Thalassaemi” Educational Brochure by TIF
Prevention is the only measure that can drastically reduce the incidencies of severe haemoglobin disorders, such as β-thalassaemia. It is also what allowed countries like Greece, Italy and Cyprus to go from…
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Update in Laboratory Diagnosis of Thalassemia
Alpha- and β-thalassemias and abnormal hemoglobin (Hb) are common in tropical countries. These abnormal globin genes in different combinations lead to many thalassemic diseases including three severe thalassemia diseases, i.e.,…
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