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*Thalassemia describes a group of inherited
disorders characterized by reduced or absent
amounts of hemoglobin of the blood , the
oxygen-carrying protein inside the red blood
cells.
*fairly common blood disorder worldwide.
*Thousands of infants with beta thalassemia are
born each year.
* Beta thalassemia occurs most frequently in
people from Mediterranean countries, North
Africa, the Middle East, India, Central Asia, and
Southeast Asia.
*Regular monthly blood transfusion of blood
*Iron chelating
*Bone marrow transplant
It’s hard to know that your only little 2-
year old son must be provided with blood
regularly…its harder to know that your
blood doesn’t match with his blood… and
we can’t even imagine the sorrow of how
hard is to know beside all the difficulties
you will face in finding blood your son has
an O- blood group…
HOPE
Liters Pints
=
The standard amount is ONLY
Pint
*Average Lifespan of a Red Blood Cell is 120 days
*The Blood loss will be replaced within 4-8 weeks.
*Therefore Blood donations can be given every 2 months.
*Completely SAFE
No Treatment
Few first years of life.
Transfusion without Iron
control
Early 20’s
Transfusion with Iron control
60’s and 70’s
Requires Blood transfusion EVERY 2 to 4 weeks
Procedure takes about 1 - 4 Hours
Blood withdrawal from the donor takes 10
min
*A normal transfusion is about
pints
1-Providing steady blood supply for Thalasemic
patients :
*starting from three universities:University of
Sulaimani,AUIS,Hawler medical Universities in
Sulaimani and Hawler
*Collecting students to become blood donors on
a regular basis.
2-*Spreading awareness about Thalasemia,the patients
and their needs,
*focusing on public education
*Providing knowledge about the disease, and the impact
of the proper treatment on improving the patients
lives.
*Encouraging tests to detect carrier genes of the
disease.
3. Motivation for
blood donation,
*Clarifying the myths
regarding blood
donation.
*Making blood
donation a familiar
good deed.
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