Thalassemia

Secretary Health said some diseases could not be cured only by medicine but awareness campaign

Blood banks running dry in holy month, people urged to donate blood after Iftar

Consanguineous marriages, stigmatization of premarital testing snowballed cases

Thalassemia's grip in Pakistan can be weakened through a simple yet crucial step: discouraging consanguinous marriages

Child of a couple with thalassemia traits has 25% chances of having this blood disease 

Doctor says thalassemia test before marriage is very important

Punjab Health Minister says many lives can be saved by properly planned interventions

NA deputy speaker addresses World Blood Donor Day ceremony

Islamabad Capital Territory police donated blood to facilitate Thalassemia patients

Minister says most patients of genetic disorder don’t get adequate treatment

NHMP Training College organised a blood donation camp

Punjab govt, civil society call for support

Ali Zaib Foundation executive director requests immediate support from donor agencies, provincial govt

The blood camp was held under an MoU signed by Lahore Police and Sundas Foundation last month

Boy made a part of snap checking exercise in front of a shopping mall in Karachi

State interior minister and IGP donate blood

The minister said that all problems will be solved to make the thalassemia programme successful

Salwa lost the battle to Thalassemia five months ago

Marriyum Aurangzeb says will take up the issue in federal cabinet

Religious leaders, community need to play active role in implementation, says health minister

expert says test is inexpensive, but people avoid it due to social taboos

Games, swings  bringing smile and joy on faces of children suffering from blood disorder

Representatives of KITCC Punjab addressed the students and delivered a lecture on thalassemia and its consequences

Speakers stress need to adopt preventive measures to control spread of disease at seminar

Shabnam Bashir said training programmes had also been launched for doctors and nurses

Cultural barriers a hurdle for K-P government in having law passed to make blood screening before marriage mandatory

Thalassemia is a hereditary blood disorder that prevents the production of haemoglobin, leaving the patient anaemic.

Thalassemia is a hereditary blood disorder that prevents the production of haemoglobin leaving the patient anaemic.

The joint meeting of the Senate Standing Committees on Law and Religious Affairs reviews the bill

The two regions have the highest number of thalassemia patients in the country

There are almost 0.1 million cases of thalassemia in the country, with an increase of 6,000 cases every year

Prevention only way to deal with this disease, says expert

Children suffering from thalassemia spend day at varsity

The government is committed to provide better health facilities to the people

PC-1 approved, Rs500 million doled out for the first-of-its-kind initiative