Bill to control thalassemia presented to parliament
07 Jun 2010, 7:31 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
A bill to control the recessive disease ‘thalasemia ‘ has been presented to the parliament.
The bill was presented to parliament by Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party (DRP) MP Visaam Ali.
Thalassemia is a recessive blood disease that can cause anemia, and the Maldives has the highest incidence of it in the world with 18 percent of the population thought to be carriers.
As a result, a large number number of families suffer from the consequences of the disease
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