Purpose This study aimed to measure the effectiveness of online peer-group activism promote thalassemia prevention among high school students East Java Indonesia. Design/methodology/approach Twenty were recruited as cadres and trained for every weekend four weeks, followed by creating health promotions via media. The media was further disseminated students’ peer groups a week. respondent’s know...

Thalassemia is viewed as a prevalent inherited blood disease that has gotten exorbitant consideration in the field of medical research around world. Inherited diseases have high risk children will get these from their parents. If both parents are ?-Thalassemia carriers then there 25% chances each child intermediate or major, which most its cases leads to death. Prenatal screening after counseli...

BACKGROUND: Patients with transfusion-dependent thalassemia require lifelong blood transfusions and iron chelation therapy. Iron overload associated regular transfusion leads to a significant defect in the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) patients thalassemia. Quality has become component care, it is therefore necessary focus on HRQoL 
 OBJECTIVES: To assess children thalassemia, ide...

Beta thalassemia is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by reduced (beta(+)) or absent (beta(0)) beta-globin chain synthesis. In Lebanon it is the most predominant genetic defect. In this study we investigated the religious and geographic distribution of the beta-thalassemia mutations identified in Lebanon, and traced their precise origins. A total of 520 beta-globin chromosomes from ...

Rapid diagnosis of major beta thalassemia along with certain preventive measures is of utmost significance. The present study aims to compare the fingerprints in Major beta thalassemic patients (67) and in their parents (76 with minor thalassemia) with the normal fingerprints of control group (144). A forensic medical examiner determined fingerprint types of arch, loop, whorl and other types. L...