Haemoglobinopathy prevention program in Turkey

Haemoglobinopathy Awareness among Young Students in Turkey: Outcomes of a City-Wide Survey

The success of prevention programs demonstrated the importance of raising awareness about haemoglobinopathies since the lack of knowledge and awareness about the disorders may serve as barriers to prevention, disclosure of disease status as well as to testing for haemoglobinopathies. The aim of this study is to investigate the knowledge and attitudes of middle and high school students towards h...

Neonatal haemoglobinopathy screening in Belgium.

BACKGROUND A neonatal haemoglobinopathy screening programme was implemented in Brussels more than a decade ago and in Liège 5 years ago; the programme was adapted to the local situation. METHODS Neonatal screening for haemoglobinopathies was universal, performed using liquid cord blood and an isoelectric focusing technique. All samples with abnormalities underwent confirmatory testing. Major ...

Renal papillary necrosis in sickle-cell haemoglobinopathy.

Evaluation of school-based prevention program in Turkey: Results of a 24-month study

OBJECTIVE In this paper, cavity experiences of children with different levels of eruption and cavity activities that are enrolled at an elementary school with semi-rural characteristics in Kırıkkale Provincial center were monitored for 2 years after a variety of protective applications. MATERIALS AND METHODS Three hundred and twenty-two children at the age of 7-11 were included in this study....

Corpuscular Haemolytic Anaemias - Lepore Haemoglobinopathy.

Haemoglobinopathies are hereditary conditions in which the fundamental lesion affects the synthesis rate or the structure of the globin in normal hemoglobin. The synthesis of the polypeptide chains in globin is genetically coded. Clinically, haemoglobinopathies manifest most commonly in the form of hemolytic anemia and, more rarely, cyanosis and polyglobulia. They differ from "acquired haemoglo...