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 Opportunities
- World Day for Safety and Health at Workplace 2024
- WHO launches first ever Patient Safety Rights Charter
- WHO benchmarks for strengthening health emergency capacities
- Major step in malaria prevention as three West African countries roll out vaccine
- WHO prequalifies new oral simplified vaccine for cholera
- Call for Research Participants: Public Health Competencies in Nepal: Current Status and Way Forward
- Call for expression of interest: Mobilizing young people in the fight to End TB: WHO 1+1 Initiative
- A Country Report on Measuring access to Assistive technology (AT) in Nepal
- Advanced Module Public Health Systems Challenges and Opportunities: The Case of Nepal
- UiB Dhulikhel Hospital PhD Scholarships Opportunity
