*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.