A Seminar on ‘Transfusion Issues in Thalassaemia Management in Pakistan’ was organized today in Islamabad by the Safe Blood Transfusion Programme (SBTP). Barrister Abid Waheed, Managing Director, Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal (PBM) was the Chief Guest on the occasion. The objective of the meeting was to highlight and deliberate on challenges faced in the provision of timely [...]
By Fauzia Saeed, Psychologist, Thalassaemia Centre PRC, Punjab Branch,Lahore Thalassaemia is an inherited blood disorder in which the body makes an abnormazorm of hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is the protein molecule in red blood cells that carries oxygen. The disorder results in excessive destruction of red blood cells, which leads to anemia. Anemia is a condition in [...]
Prof. Hasan Abbas Zaheer, National Coordinator, Safe Blood Transfusion Programme, M/o National Health Services, Regulation & Coordination, Government of Pakistan The international thalassaemia community has designated May 8th as the World Thalassemia Day. The Day is celebrated all over the world to raise awareness about this disease, commemorate the thalassaemia patients who are no longer with us [...]
Safe Blood Transfusion Program, Islamabad in collaboration with Sindh Blood Transfusion Authority (SBTA) and Punjab Blood Transfusion Authority (PBTA) organized formal ‘Focus Group Discussions’ aimed to share experience and recommendations for the design of public awareness campaigns especially their views of donor policies, communication and donor mobilization strategies and their perception of existing and required [...]
National University of Modern Languages (NUML) in collaboration with Thalassaemia Awareness and Prevention in Pakistan (TAPP) organized a Seminar at its auditorium aiming to create awareness among students regarding thalassaemia. The Awareness Seminar was attended by a large number of students, faculty members and health experts. Ayesha Abid, President, TAPP sharing her views on the [...]
Dow University of Health Sciences established Thalassaemia Care Centre at its Ojha Campus. His Excellency, Governor Sindh & Chancellor, DUHS Dr. Ishrat Ul Ibad Khan inaugurated the Centre at a Ceremony held recently at Governor House, Karachi. Prof. Dr. Masood Hameed Khan, Vice Chancellor, Prof. M. Umer Farooq, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Dr. Zeenat Ayoob, Registrar, Prof. [...]
Al-Shifa Blood Bank Foundation organized a walk at Mirpur to mark World Thalassaemia Day 2012. The objective was to create awareness about this fatal disease among masses. Minister for State Ch. Arshad Hussain, Chairman Al-Khidmat Foundation, Dr. Riaz Ahmed, General Secretary Thalassaemia Society Pakistan, Dr. Zafar Iqbal, President Thalassaemia Society Dr. Akram Chaudhary, Technical Advisor [...]
Speaker at a Seminar on Pediatric Illnesses at Abbassi Shaheed Hospital has said that the quality of life of patients with thalassaemia can be eased by the timely transfusion of properly screened blood, proper iron chelating, and provision of adequate medication and physical rehabilitation to the patients. They were speaking at a Seminar organized by [...]
Dr. Saeed Ahmed, Husaini Blood Bank Thalassaemia is an inherited genetic blood disorder in which patient’s hemoglobin is abnormally formed. Normally the baby inherits one alpha & one beta gene from the mother and one alpha & beta gene from the father. These two alpha and two beta genes produce two alpha and two beta [...]
The Sindh Blood Transfusion Authority has decided to make arrangements for the availability of a laboratory test to help diagnose thalassaemia minor patients in all district and taluka hospitals in the province. Seven thalassaemia centres will be set up in the province — two centres in Karachi and one each in Hyderabad, Larkana, Nawabshah, Sukkur [...]
