International Thalassaemia Day
The International Thalassaemia Day (ITD) is marked annually on 8 May and it is devoted to raising awareness amongst the general public and decision-makers about thalassaemia, and helping the global thalassaemia community to connect and call for changes towards the improvement of patients lives and well-being. (Public Health Update)
Facts
- 8 out of 10 people with thalassaemia across the world are unaware that they have the mutated gene that causes the disease and that they could have a child with a severe form of thalassaemia, if their partner is also a carrier of the disease.
- More than half a million children are expected to be born with thalassaemia and other haemoglobin disorders worldwide by 2030.
Public Health Updates
- Effects of age on non-communicable disease risk factors among Nepalese adults
- BRAC JPGSPH TDR Postgraduate Scholarship in Implementation Research
- World No Tobacco Day: “We need food,not tobacco
- Awards for outstanding contributions to public health presented during the Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly
- DHS eLearning Survey Sampling Training Course 2023
- Embracing the Unknown: A Journey of Qualitative Research Among the Chepang Community
- WHO urges governments to stop subsidizing life-threatening tobacco crops
- The Global Health Network seminar on ”Building Research Capacity through Health Research Networking”
- WHO launches global network to detect and prevent infectious disease threats
- World Health Statistics 2023: monitoring health for the SDGs
Public Health Opportunities
- Effects of age on non-communicable disease risk factors among Nepalese adults
- BRAC JPGSPH TDR Postgraduate Scholarship in Implementation Research
- World No Tobacco Day: “We need food,not tobacco
- Awards for outstanding contributions to public health presented during the Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly
- DHS eLearning Survey Sampling Training Course 2023
- Embracing the Unknown: A Journey of Qualitative Research Among the Chepang Community
- WHO urges governments to stop subsidizing life-threatening tobacco crops
- The Global Health Network seminar on ”Building Research Capacity through Health Research Networking”
- WHO launches global network to detect and prevent infectious disease threats
- World Health Statistics 2023: monitoring health for the SDGs