Numbers of children born with Thalassaemia ‘not decreasing’
There are over 600 children in the Maldives with the disorder, a doctor said.
19 Jul 2018, 9:00 AM
The number of children born with Thalassaemia in the Maldives is not decreasing, a meeting of health professionals revealed.
A forum on controlling the condition began at the Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital Wednesday with the involvement of doctors and other health professionals, local media reported.
Thalassaemia is an inherited blood disorder which may require regular blood transfusion due to abnormal hemoglobin production. A bone-marrow transplant is the only known curative treatment for the condition.
According to the Maldivian Thalassaemia Society, the Maldives has the highest prevalence of Thalassaemia in the world with 18 percent of the population being affected by it.
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