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World Thalassemia Day: Blood disorder cannot be cured, and other myths busted SECTIONS World Thalassemia Day: Blood disorder cannot be cured, and other myths bustedBy Abhay Bhave, ET CONTRIBUTORS Last Updated: May 08, 2021, 01:11 PM IST Share iStock Related Thalassemia syndrome is an inherited blood disorder that causes the body to have less haemoglobin than normal. There are two types of thalassemia - Alpha and Beta - in which children inherited the condition from parents who carry the mutated thalassemia. People with thalassemia trait have normal life expectancy. However, beta thalassemia major along with heart ailments can make the condition fatal before 30 years of age. ....
World Thalassemia Day 2021 Addresses Health Inequalities Across the Global Thalassemia Community Highlights: Thalassemia is a blood-related, genetic disorder that results in insufficient production of hemoglobin, a protein in red blood cells As Thalassemia affects millions of individuals across the world, World Thalassemia Day is observed on May 8 annually to raise awareness of the disease 2021 theme Addressing Health Inequalities Across the Global Thalassemia Community aims to spread the preventive measures of the disease and methods to avoid transmission among the people throughout the world World Thalassemia Day is observed on the 8th of May globally to raise awareness about Thalassemia disease and renew our promises to keep fighting until the final cure for the blood disorder is found. The day also strives to promote and strengthen patients lifelong and difficult struggle against this severe blood disease. ....
DKMS-BMST Thalassemia Programmes Raising Hope For Thalassemia Patients In India BENGALURU, India, May 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ World Thalassemia Day is observed every year on 8th May to raise awareness on the growing burden of Thalassemia. Thalassemia is a genetic condition in which a defect in the protein hemoglobin reduces the transport capacity for oxygen in the blood. More than 10,000 children are born with this condition every year in India. Patients suffering from the disease can be cured with a stem cell transplant, ideally at an early age. The need for transplants in children is therefore extremely high. Patrick Paul, CEO, DKMS BMST Foundation India, says, It is our mission to support blood cancer, and other blood disorders such as Thalassemia patients in India, for which we have initiated DKMS-BMST Thalassemia programme. Under this programme, DKMS-BMST collaborates with local NGOs and transplantation clinics to organize camps where pediatric thalassemia patients an ....