#thalassaemia

There is a need for a new strategic plan for blood donation, Miltos Miltiadou, president of the Pancyprian Thalassaemia Association, said on Friday, in response to messages sent to patients ...

Dozens of buildings will be lit up in red on Tuesday to mark World Thalassaemia Day, coming up on May 8. According to the announcement from the Pancyprian Thalassaemia Association, the ...

The Cyprus-based Thalassaemia International Federation (TIF) on Friday hailed the landmark announcement by UK regulators approving a revolutionary gene-editing treatment for beta thalassemia and sickle-cell disease “and ushering in a ...

Health authorities in the United Kingdom have approved a drug which aims to cure beta thalassaemia and sickle cell disease. The drug is called Casgevy and utilises a gene-editing tool ...

The tender for the creation of a new thalassaemia centre at the Makarios hospital has been announced by the government. The centre will cost over €5 million and will take 18 months ...

The health ministry honoured the outgoing chairman of the national thalassaemia commission Panos Englezos, with a prize-giving ceremony. The ceremony was attended by Health Minister Popi Kanari, who congratulated “the ...

Both the growing number of children born out of wedlock and the new national health system Gesy pose challenges to safeguarding and protecting Cyprus’ extremely strong, decades-long national thalassaemia prevention ...

Lawmakers on Thursday appealed to the public to give blood for thalassaemia sufferers needing regular blood transfusions. The matter was discussed at the House health committee, reviewing the National Strategy ...