World Thalassaemia Day, organised by the Thalassaemia International Federation (TIF), encourages the global community to work together to improve knowledge and care around the disease that impacts more than 80 million people worldwide. World Thalassaemia Day takes place on May 8 every year.
On the occasion of World Thalassemia Day, Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Bharati Pravin Pawar on Monday launched the third phase of the Thalassemia Bal Sewa Yojana (TBSY).
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): Several Bollywood celebrities have joined the 'Ulta Hoke Thalassemia Roke' campaign to mark the World Thalassemia Day on Friday.
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): To mark the world thalassemia day during the testing times of coronavirus pandemic, leaders from healthcare sector and the government of India came together through a webinar to discuss challenges and the way forward for thalassemia patients.
New Delhi (India), May 8 (ANI): On World Thalassemia Day, Bollywood celebrities chose a unique way to create awareness on thalassemia, an inherited blood disorder, urging people to get tested and save their children from 'half-life'.
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): Every year, May 8 is observed as World Thalassemia Day across the globe. This time doctors have aimed to encourage blood donation and spread increased awareness to women carrying the gene to protect their unborn child.